Effects of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms on Susceptibility to Disease and Bone Mineral Density in Turkish Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Kocabaş, Abdullah; KARAGÜZEL, GÜLAY; İmir, Nilgün; Yavuzer, U.; Akcurin, S.

doi:10.1515/jpem.2010.203

Effects of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms on Susceptibility to Disease and Bone Mineral Density in Turkish Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

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Kocabaş A., KARAGÜZEL G. , İmir N., Yavuzer U., Akcurin S.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, vol.23, no.12, pp.1289-1297, 2010 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 23 Issue: 12
Publication Date: 2010
Doi Number: 10.1515/jpem.2010.203
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Page Numbers: pp.1289-1297

Abstract

Background: Vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is regarded as one of the candidate genes for type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) susceptibility and of some genetic factors involved in the development of osteoporosis in this group.