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Vitamin D-binding protein haplotype is associated with hospitalization for RSV bronchiolitis.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Feb 2014
Randolph A G, Yip W-K, Falkenstein-Hagander K, Weiss S T, Janssen R, Keisling S, Bont L
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BACKGROUND: Between 75 000 and 125 000 U.S. infants are hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis every year. Up to half will be diagnosed with asthma in later childhood. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with susceptibility to asthma and respiratory infections. Measured vitamin D is largely bound to vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP); VDBP levels are influenced by its gene (GC)...
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