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Vitamin D, Variations In Its Receptor, And Prostate Cancer
Results of this study by Haojie Li and colleagues suggest that vitamin D deficiency is common among men in the US, and that vitamin D status and genetic variation in the VDR gene affect prostate cancer risk.
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Citation: Citation: Li H, Stampfer MJ, Hollis JBW, Mucci LA, Gaziano JM, et al. (2007) A prospective study of plasma vitamin D metabolites, vitamin D receptor polymorphisms, and prostate cancer. PLoS Med 4(3): e103.
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Haojie Li
Brigham Women's Hospital
Channing laboratory
181 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02115
United States of America
Contact: Sarah Clark
Public Library of Science
 
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