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Vitamin D and VDR Gene Polymorphisms' Association with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Lithuanian Population.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) - 3 Apr 2021
Punceviciene Egle, Gaizevska Justina, Sabaliauskaite Rasa, Venceviciene Lina, Puriene Alina, Vitkus Dalius, Jarmalaite Sonata, Butrimiene Irena
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Background and Objectives: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune, multi-factorial disease, in which environmental and genetic factors play a major role. RA is possibly linked to vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms, and research demonstrates that FokI variant susceptibility is associated with increased disease risk among Caucasians. The aim of this study...
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