Vitamin D receptor gene variants in Parkinson’s disease patients

Background: Vitamin D plays an important role in neurodegenerative disorders as a crucial neuro-immunomodulator. Accumulating data provide evidences that vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is a candidate gene for susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease (PD). Aim: To find out whether the risk of the develop...

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Main Authors: Rokhsareh Meamar, Seyed Morteza Javadirad, Niloofar Chitsaz, Mojgan Asadian Ghahfarokhi, Mehdi Kazemi, Maryam Ostadsharif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-07-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110863016300544