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Vitamin D Receptor ApaI (rs7975232) Polymorphism Confers Decreased Risk of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Overall and African Population, but not in Asians: Evidence from a Meta-analysis.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science - 1 Sept 2017
Areeshi Mohammed Y, Mandal Raju K, Wahid Mohd, Dar Sajad A, Jawed Arshad, Lohani Mohtashim, Abdallah Amir Mahgoub Awadelkareem, Khan Saif, Panda Aditya K, Mishra B N, Haque Shafiul
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GOALS: The involvement of the VDR ApaI gene polymorphism in the development of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) has been reported by numerous published studies and yielded inconsistent results. The present meta-analysis evaluated the association of VDR ApaI polymorphism and risk of PTB occurrence. PROCEDURES: PubMed (Medline), EMBASE and Google Scholar web-databases were searched and a meta-analysis was performed by...
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