A case-sibling assessment of the association between skin pigmentation and other vitamin d-related factors and type 1 diabetes mellitus

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1267-1270

  Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a,b,c,d   Cameron, Fergus ^a,d   Saffery, Richard ^a,d   Pezic, Angela ^a   Wong, Nick ^a,d   Craig, Jeff ^a,d   Ellis, Justine ^a,d   Dwyer, Terence ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D;

EID: 69649088282     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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