Bone Mineral Density and Vitamin D Receptor Genetic Variants in Egyptian Children with Beta Thalassemia Major on Vitamin D Supplementation

BACKGROUND: Low bone mineral density (BMD) is a characteristic feature of Beta thalassemia major (βTM) patients. Vitamin D is important for bone mineralization. Vitamin D receptors (VDR) genetic variants may be related to vitamin D status and BMD. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of VDR genetic va...

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Autores principales: Abbassy, Hadeer A, Elwafa, Reham A Abo, Omar, Omneya M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2019
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6328042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30671219
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2019.013

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6328042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30671219
http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2019.013

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