Association between the BsmI Polymorphism in the Vitamin D Receptor Gene and Breast Cancer Risk: Results from a Pakistani Case-Control Study

Muhammad Usman Rashid; Merium Muzaffar; Faiz Ali Khan; Maria Kabisch; Noor Muhammad; Sabeen Faiz; Asif Loya; Ute Hamann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141562

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Association between the BsmI Polymorphism in the Vitamin D Receptor Gene and Breast Cancer Risk: Results from a Pakistani Case-Control Study

Muhammad Usman Rashid,

Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences Research, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC), Lahore, Pakistan, Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Merium Muzaffar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Merium Muzaffar, Faiz Ali Khan

Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences Research, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC), Lahore, Pakistan, Department of Physiology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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Faiz Ali Khan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Merium Muzaffar, Faiz Ali Khan

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences Research, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC), Lahore, Pakistan
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Maria Kabisch,

Affiliation Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Noor Muhammad,

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences Research, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC), Lahore, Pakistan
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Sabeen Faiz,

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences Research, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC), Lahore, Pakistan
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Asif Loya,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH & RC), Lahore, Pakistan
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Ute Hamann

* E-mail: u.hamann@dkfz-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Association between the BsmI Polymorphism in the Vitamin D Receptor Gene and Breast Cancer Risk: Results from a Pakistani Case-Control Study

Muhammad Usman Rashid,
Merium Muzaffar,
Faiz Ali Khan,
Maria Kabisch,
Noor Muhammad,
Sabeen Faiz,
Asif Loya,
Ute Hamann

Published: October 30, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141562

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