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Association of vitamin D receptor gene FokI polymorphism and susceptibility to CAP in Egyptian children: a multicenter study.
Pediatric research - 1 Nov 2018
Abouzeid Heba, Abdelaal NourEldin M, Abdou Mohammed A, Mosabah Amira A A, Zakaria Mervat T, Soliman Mohammed M, Sherif Ashraf M, Hamed Mohammed E, Soliman Attia A, Noah Maha A, Khalil Atef M, Hegab Mohamed S, Abdel-Aziz Alsayed, Elashkar Shaimaa S A, Nabil Rehab M, Abdou Adel M, Al-Akad Ghada M, Elbasyouni Hany A A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of child deaths around the world. Recently, the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene has emerged as a susceptibility gene for CAP. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association of the VDR gene Fok I polymorphism with susceptibility to CAP in Egyptian children. METHODS: This was a multicenter case-control study of 300 patients diagnosed with CAP, and 300...
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