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Polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor gene and risk of autoimmune thyroid diseases: a meta-analysis.
Endocrine - 1 Apr 2013
Feng Ming, Li Hua, Chen Su-Fang, Li Wei-Fang, Zhang Fang-Bin
Abstract excerpt
Environmental and genetic factors are thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD), which include Graves' disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Polymorphisms of vitamin D receptor (VDR) were implicated in AITDs risk. To date, many studies have evaluated the association between a functional polymorphism in the VDR gene and AITDs risk; however, the result is still ambiguous and...
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