Maternal vitamin D level and vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism as a risk factor for congenital heart diseases in offspring; An Egyptian case-control study

Vitamin D & vitamin D receptor (VDR) signaling play a very crucial role in early embryonic heart development. We construct this case-control study to investigate the association between maternal serum vitamin D level & VDR gene Fok1 polymorphism and risk of congenital heart defects (CHD) in...

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Main Authors: Wesam A. Mokhtar, Amal Fawzy, Reem M. Allam, Rania M. Amer, Mona S. Hamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-06-01
Series:Genes and Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352304218300965