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Vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D receptor variants in mothers and their neonates are risk factors for neonatal sepsis.
Steroids - 1 Jun 2018
Tayel Safaa I, Soliman Shimaa E, Elsayed Hanan M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Increasing prevalence of neonatal sepsis in recent years catch attention to early prevention and management. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphism can modulate VDR expression level that greatly influences immunity and susceptibility to microbial infections. We aimed to investigate the association of VDR polymorphism at FokI, rs2228570 T/C, and TaqI, rs731236 C/T gene with serum...
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