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Variability of contribution of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms to outcome of HLA-matched sibling allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Dec 2018
Kamel Azza M, El-Fishawi Sally, Rasekh Eman O, Radwan Eman R, Zeidan Ashraf, El-Said Abeer, Zaky Amen H, Abdelfattah Maged, Refaat Ahmed, Abdelfattah Raafat
Abstract excerpt
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains one of the major complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Several etiological factors were investigated. Among these, vitamin D and hence its receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms have gained much interest; however, the results are still controversial. Using PCR-RFLP, we genotyped VDR polymorphisms FokI (rs10735810), ApaI (rs7975232), and Taq1...
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