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Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism and polycystic ovary syndrome susceptibility.
BMC medical genomics - 18 May 2023
Albahlol Ibrahim A, Neamatallah Mustafa, Serria Mohamed Saad, El-Gilany Abdel-Hady, Setate Yomna A, Alkasaby Nashwa M, Mostafa Sally Abdallah, Abdelaziz Mahmoud, Elazab Hossam, Ammar Omar A
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BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy in women. This study was designed to investigate the associations of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene variants with PCOS risk and the severity of the disease phenotype among Egyptian women. METHODS: In this study, 185 women with PCOS and 207 fertile women as controls were recruited. Cases were divided into phenotype groups based on their...
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