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Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and growth until adulthood after very premature birth.
Journal of bone and mineral metabolism - 1 Sept 2016
Finken Martijn J J, Schrevel Marlies, Houwing-Duistermaat Jeanine J, Kharagjitsingh Aan V, Dekker Friedo W, Koeleman Bobby P, Roep Bart O, Wit Jan M
Abstract excerpt
The accretion of bone mass is often impaired in preterm infants, which may contribute to postnatal growth failure. We tested the effects of the vitamin D receptor single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) c1521g, Fok1, Bsm1, and Taq1 on linear growth up until adulthood in 341 subjects born very prematurely (i.e., <32 weeks of gestation) from the Dutch Project On Preterm and Small-for-gestational-age infants cohort....
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