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Vitamin D-related host genetic variants alter HIV disease progression in children.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Nov 2013
Moodley Amaran, Qin Min, Singh Kumud K, Spector Stephen A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency is common in HIV infection and has been associated with advanced disease. This study investigated whether vitamin D-related genetic variants were associated with disease progression in HIV-infected children. METHODS: The Fok-I (C/T), Bsm-I (G/A), GC (A/C), DHCR7 (G/T) and CYP2R1 (G/A) genetic variants were detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction in HIV-infected children...
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