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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism as possible risk factor in rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid related osteoporosis.
Human immunology - 1 May 2014
Mosaad Youssef M, Hammad Enas M, Fawzy Zakaria, Abdal Aal Ibrahim A, Youssef Hazem M, ElSaid Tamer O, Monir Rehan, El-Deek Basem S
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OBJECTIVE: To study the role of VDR polymorphisms as risk factor for RA and osteoporosis, and whether osteoporosis complicating RA is due to RA or VDR polymorphisms. METHODS: VDR gene polymorphisms ApaI, TaqI, BsmI and FokI were typed by RFLP for 128 RA patients, 30 postmenopausal osteoporotic females and 150 healthy controls. RESULTS: Significant differences were found between patients and healthy controls in...
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