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SUBMITTER: Vieira LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4150369 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vieira Luiz Angelo LA De Marchi Patricia Leme PL dos Santos Aline Amaro AA Christofolini Denise Maria DM Barbosa Caio Parente CP Fonseca Fernando Luiz Affonso FL Bianco Bianca B Rodrigues Luciano Miller R LM
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers 20140709 9
<h4>Aim</h4>We have hypothesized a possible relationship between disc degeneration (DD) and VDR FokI/T2C polymorphism.<h4>Methods</h4>A case-control study was performed comprising 121 Brazilian patients with confirmed DD by nuclear magnetic resonance and a control group consisting of 131 healthy patients without a history of disc cysts of the lumbar spine. Detection of VDR FokI/T2C polymorphism was performed using restriction fragment length polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction. The chi-square ...[more]