Vitamin D binding protein variants associate with asthma susceptibility in the Chinese han population

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Asthma is a genetically heterogeneous disease. Polymorphisms of genes encoding components of the vitamin D pathway have been reported to associate with the risk of asthma. We have previously demonstrated that vitamin D status was ass...

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Main Authors: Zhang Youming, Willis-Owen Saffron A, Jiang Lei, Li Fei, Gao Jinming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/12/103