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Association of TaqI (rs731236) Polymorphism of Vitamin D Receptor Gene with Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease.
World neurosurgery - 1 Aug 2024
Şerifoğlu Luay, Yılmaz Seda Güleç, Karaaslanlı Abdulmutalip, Düzkalır Ali Haluk, Etli Mustafa Umut, Özdoğan Selçuk
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BACKGROUND: Lumbar degenerative disc disease (LDDD) significantly contributes to low back pain, with a complicated etiology involving genetic and environmental facts. The aim of study was to investigate the association between the TaqI (rs731236) polymorphism of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene with LDDD. METHODS: In total, 248 patients with symptomatic LDDD and 146 control subjects were examined. The evaluation...
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