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Association of vitamin D receptor FokI and ApaI polymorphisms with human cytomegalovirus disease in the first three months following kidney transplantation.
Chinese medical journal - 1 Oct 2012
Zhao Yu-Gang, Shi Bing-Yi, Xiao Li, Qian Ye-Yong, Feng Kai, He Xiu-Yun, Xu Xiao-Guang
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BACKGROUND: Untreated human cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease (CMVD) is an identified risk factor for reduced rates of patient (and graft) survival, death or retransplantation in kidney transplant recipients due to increased immunological tolerance after transplant. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms have an obvious relationship with autoimmune diseases but the relationship between VDR gene polymorphisms and...
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