Polymorphisms within exon 9, but not intron 8, of the vitamin D receptor gene are associated with asthma

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-230

  Arababadi, Mohammad Kazemi ^a   Abousaidi, Hamid ^a   Hassanshahi, Gholamhossein ^a   Pourfathollah, Ali Akbar ^b   Daneshmandi, Saeed ^b   Akbarpour, Vajihe ^a   Hakimi, Hamid ^a   Kennedy, Derek ^c  

^a RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Polymorphism; VDR

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 79960186778     PISSN: 20083866     EISSN: 20083874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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