Relationship of four vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with type 1 diabetes mellitus susceptibility in Kuwaiti children

BACKGROUND: The incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in Kuwait is amongst the highest in the world. Vitamin D is considered to be involved in immune modulation and its deficiency contribute to autoimmune destruction of insulin producing beta cells in T1DM patients. Vitamin D has been shown t...

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Published in:BMC Pediatr
Main Authors: Rasoul, Majedah A., Haider, Mohammad Z., Al-Mahdi, Maria, Al-Kandari, Hessa, Dhaunsi, Gursev S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6404350/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30845908
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1448-0
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