Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism in patients with sarcoidosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1107-1109

  Niimi, Takashi ^a,b   Tomita, Hiroshi ^a,b   Sato, Shigeki ^a,b   Kawaguchi, Haruhiko ^a,b   Akita, Kenji ^a,b   Maeda, Hiroyoshi ^a,b   Sugiura, Yoshiki ^a,b   Ueda, Ryuzo ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Toyokawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; IMMUNOMODULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0032845519     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.4.9811096     Document Type: Article

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