The association of Vitamin D receptor polymorphisms with multiple sclerosis in a case-control study from Kuwait

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Al Temaimi, Rabeah Abbas ^a   Al Enezi, Anwar ^a   Al Serri, Ahmad ^a   Al Roughani, Raed ^b,c   Al Mulla, Fahd ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c DASMAN DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; CALCITRIOL RECEPTOR; VDR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; VDR GENE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RISK; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951263938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142265     Document Type: Article

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