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The -160C>a polymorphism in E-cadherin is associated with the risk of nephrolithiasis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Tan Mingyue, Xia Shengqiang, Zhang Qi, Zhu Jiang, Bao Erdun
Abstract excerpt
Nephrolithiasis is a common disorder worldwide. E-cadherin (CDH1) is involved in epithelial cell-cell interactions and plays important roles in the etiology of nephrolithiasis. We hypothesized that variants in the CDH1 gene are associated with risk of nephrolithiasis. In a hospital-based case-control study of 127 nephrolithiasis patients and 152 controls frequency matched by age and sex, we genotyped the...
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