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Eczema phenotypes are associated with multiple vitamin D pathway genes in Chinese children.
Allergy - 1 Jan 2014
Wang S S, Hon K L, Kong A P S, Tang M F, Sy H Y, Chan J C N, Leung T F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D is increasingly recognized to play crucial roles in cutaneous immunity, and vitamin D treatment improved eczema control in small clinical trials. Several vitamin D-related genes were associated with asthma, but there are no data for eczema. METHODS: Twenty-three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of five vitamin D-related genes (CYP27A1, CYP2R1, CYP27B1, GC and VDR) were genotyped in...
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