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Genetic determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration during pregnancy and type 1 diabetes in the child.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Miettinen Maija E, Smart Melissa C, Kinnunen Leena, Harjutsalo Valma, Reinert-Hartwall Linnea, Ylivinkka Irene, Surcel Heljä-Marja, Lamberg-Allardt Christel, Hitman Graham A, Tuomilehto Jaakko
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The in utero environment plays an important role in shaping development and later life health of the fetus. It has been shown that maternal genetic factors in the metabolic pathway of vitamin D associate with type 1 diabetes in the child. In this study we analyzed the genetic determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentration during pregnancy in mothers whose children later developed type...
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