Article
Association Between Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphism and Familial Mediterranean Fever Disease in Turkish Children.
Biochemical genetics - 1 Apr 2016
Kizildag S, Dedemoglu F, Anik A, Catli G, Kizildag S, Abaci A, Makay B, Bober E, Unsal E
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive, inherited autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent, self-limited attacks of fever, and inflammation of serosal surfaces. The aim of our study was to determine a possible relationship between Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms and the risk of children with FMF. We investigated VDR FokI (rs10735810), TaqI (rs731236), BsmI (rs1544410),...
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