Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa: a case-control and family study.
Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms have been implicated in susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB), but reports have been inconsistent. We genotyped the VDR single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) FokI, BsmI, ApaI, and TaqI in 1139 case patients and control subjects and 382 families from The Gam...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2004
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