Article
Genetic variations in the vitamin-D receptor (VDR) gene in preeclampsia patients in the Chinese Han population.
Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension - 1 Jul 2015
Zhan Ying, Liu Mengchun, You Yuelan, Zhang Yan, Wang Jingli, Wang Xunfeng, Liu Shiguo, Liu Xuemei
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have indicated that vitamin D deficiency is linked to a risk of preeclampsia (PE). The aim of our study was to investigate the association between genetic variations in the vitamin-D receptor (VDR) gene and the susceptibility to PE in the Chinese Han population. We examined the genotypes VDR rs2228570, rs11568820 and rs1544410 in 402 PE patients and 554 normal pregnant women in the third...
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