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VDR polymorphism, gene expression and vitamin D levels in leprosy patients from North Indian population
BACKGROUND: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and mainly affects skin, peripheral nerves. Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism has been found to be associated with leprosy. Vitamin D has been shown to control several host immunomodulating properties through...
Autores principales: | Singh, Itu, Lavania, Mallika, Pathak, Vinay Kumar, Ahuja, Madhvi, Turankar, Ravindra P., Singh, Vikram, Sengupta, Utpal |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6286024/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30481178 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006823 |
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