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SUBMITTER: Iqbal MUN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5991241 | biostudies-other | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Iqbal Mehir Un Nisa MUN Maqbool Syed Amir SA Khan Taseer Ahmed TA
The Journal of international medical research 20180312 5
Objective The aim of this study was to determine whether a novel polymorphism ( Tru9I) in the low penetrance vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is associated with risk of premenopausal breast cancer (BC). Methods This case-control study included 228 patients with BC and 503 healthy women living in Pakistan who were analyzed for the VDR Tru9I (rs757343) single nucleotide polymorphism. BC cases were histopathologically confirmed, and all healthy controls were age-matched with patients (age range, 20-45 ...[more]