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Impact of the etiology and Vitamin D receptor TaqI rs731236 gene polymorphism on the severity of acute pancreatitis.
Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences - 1 Nov 2020
El-Mahdy Reham I, Ramadan Haidi Karam-Allah, Mohammed Hanan Sharaf El Deen, Ahmed Entsar H, Mokhtar Abeer A, Hosni Amal
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: This work aimed to assess the impact of different etiologies of acute pancreatitis (AP) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) TaqI rs731236 gene polymorphism on the severity of AP. METHODS: This case-control study included 70 patients with AP and 40 healthy controls. Etiologies of AP were identified by imaging, ANA, cytomegalovirus (CMV) IgM, coxsackie B virus IgM, and IgG4. Genotyping of VDR...
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