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Genetic polymorphisms of vitamin D3 metabolizing CYP24A1 and CYP2R1 enzymes in Turkish patients with ischemic stroke.
Neurological research - 1 May 2018
Türkanoğlu Özçelik Aysun, Öner Tuğçe, Can Demirdöğen Birsen, Bek Vedat Semai, Demirkaya Şeref, Adalı Orhan
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Objective Vitamin D deficiency is known as an important risk factor in pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, which contributes to stroke development. Genetic variations including single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in enzymes involved in vitamin D metabolism can affect susceptibility to the development of stroke. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the association between polymorphisms of...
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