Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms in Turkish children with vitamin D deficient rickets

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-33

  Bora, Gamze ^a   Özkan, Behzat ^b   Dayangaç Erden, Didem ^a   Erdem Yurter, Hayat ^a   Coşkun, Turgay ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Vitamin D deficient rickets; Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXON; FRACTURE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RICKETS; TURKEY;

EID: 41949111546     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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