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Medullary thyroid cancer is associated with high serum vitamin D level and polymorphism of vitamin D receptors.
Physiology international - 1 Mar 2020
Ramezani M, Mazani M, Tabatabaei M, Rahimian A, Mosaferi E, Hedayati M
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BACKGROUND: Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. Studies have observed an anti-cancer effect for vitamin D and found that polymorphisms of vitamin D receptors can influence the prevalence of various cancers. The present study investigated the serum level of vitamin D and FokI, BsmI and Tru9I polymorphisms of vitamin D receptors. METHODS: Forty patients with medullary thyroid cancer and 40...
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