Association of Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and serum 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D levels in vitiligo - A case-control study

• Main Authors: Iffat Hassan (Author), Yasmeen J bhat (Author), Sabhiya Majid (Author), Peerzada Sajad (Author), Farhan Rasool (Author), Rawoof A Malik (Author), Inam Ul Haq (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Vitamin D has stimulatory and protective effects on melanocytes and acts through its nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR) on target cells. Various single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in VDR genes have been described. Aims: The aim was to study and compare the association of SNP of BsmI/Ap...