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SUBMITTER: Tang JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3775573 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tang Jean Y JY Wu Angela A Linos Eleni E Parimi Neeta N Lee Wayne W Aszterbaum Michelle M Asgari Maryam M MM Bickers David R DR Epstein Ervin H EH
Archives of dermatology 20101001 10
<h4>Objectives</h4>To evaluate vitamin D status in patients with basal cell nevus syndrome (BCNS) who practice photoprotection because of their genetic predisposition to skin cancer and to determine risk factors for deficiency.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Academic medical centers.<h4>Patients</h4>Forty-one ambulatory patients with BCNS who participated in a 2-year chemoprevention clinical trial. Population-based controls (n = 360) were selected and matched by age, se ...[more]