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Investigation of vitamin D receptor polymorphisms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Apr 2016
Török N, Török R, Klivényi P, Engelhardt J, Vécsei L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients manifest aberrations in the vitamin D endocrine system, with a vitamin D deficiency. Genetic investigations have identified those proteins which link vitamin D to ALS pathology: major histocompatibility complex class II molecules, toll-like receptors, poly(ADP ribose) polymerase-1, haeme oxygenase-1, the reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide...
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