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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and type 1 diabetes mellitus in a Korean population.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society - 1 Oct 2015
Cheon Chong-Kun, Nam Hyo-Kyoung, Lee Kee-Hyoung, Kim Su Yung, Song Ji Sun, Kim Choongrak
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BACKGROUND: Vitamin D receptor (VDR) has been suggested to play a role in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). There has been no case-control study examining the association between VDR polymorphisms and T1DM among Korean subjects with a low incidence of T1DM. METHODS: Eighty-one T1DM patients and 113 unrelated healthy controls with no history of DM or other autoimmune diseases were investigated...
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