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Impact of vitamin D receptor and binding protein gene polymorphisms in clinical and laboratory data of HCV patients: Cross sectional study.
Medicine - 1 Feb 2018
Scalioni Letícia de Paula, Santos Betânia Rodrigues Dos, Spritzer Poli Mara, Villela-Nogueira Cristiane Alves, Laura Lewis-Ximenez Lia, Pollo-Flores Priscila, Bordalo Cathalá Esberard Eliane, Brandão-Mello Carlos Eduardo, Lampe Elisabeth, Villar Livia Melo
Abstract excerpt
Potential relationship of vitamin D, vitamin D receptor (VDR), and vitamin D binding protein (DBP) have been suggested in the pathophysiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The aim of this observational study is to determine vitamin D levels, and VDR and DBP genetic polymorphism according demographic and laboratory data in chronic HCV patients (CHC).A total of 148 CHC patients gave serum samples for...
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