Association between vitamin D plasma concentrations and VDR gene variants and the risk of premature birth

• Auteurs principaux: Letícia Veríssimo Dutra (Auteur), Fernando Alves Affonso-Kaufman (Auteur), Fernanda Ramires Cafeo (Auteur), Milene Saori Kassai (Auteur), Caio Parente Barbosa (Auteur), Francisco Winter Santos Figueiredo (Auteur), Fabíola Isabel Suano-Souza (Auteur), Bianca Bianco (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Premature birth is the main cause of mortality in children under 1 year, and vitamin D deficiency during gestation is associated with prematurity. The effects of vitamin D are mediated by its receptor, which is encoded by the VDR gene. VDR variants-such as single nucleotide varia...