Vitamin D3 Receptor (VDR) Gene rs2228570 (Fok1) and rs731236 (Taq1) Variants Are Not Associated with the Risk for Multiple Sclerosis: Results of a New Study and a Meta-Analysis

• Elena García-Martín,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

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• José A. G. Agúndez,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

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• Carmen Martínez,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain

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• Julián Benito-León,

  Affiliations Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Service of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, Department of Medicine, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain

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• Jorge Millán-Pascual,

  Affiliation Section of Neurology, Hospital La Mancha-Centro, Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real), Spain

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• Patricia Calleja,

  Affiliations Service of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, Department of Medicine, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain

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• María Díaz-Sánchez,

  Affiliations Service of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, Department of Medicine, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain

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• Diana Pisa,

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

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• Laura Turpín-Fenoll,

  Affiliation Section of Neurology, Hospital La Mancha-Centro, Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real), Spain

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• Hortensia Alonso-Navarro,

  Affiliations Section of Neurology, Hospital La Mancha-Centro, Alcázar de San Juan (Ciudad Real), Spain, Department of Medicine-Neurology, Hospital “Príncipe de Asturias,” Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, Section of Neurology, Hospital Universitario del Sureste. Arganda del Rey, Madrid, Spain

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• Lucía Ayuso-Peralta,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine-Neurology, Hospital “Príncipe de Asturias,” Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

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• Dolores Torrecillas,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine-Neurology, Hospital “Príncipe de Asturias,” Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

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• José Francisco Plaza-Nieto,

  Affiliation Section of Neurology, Hospital Universitario del Sureste. Arganda del Rey, Madrid, Spain

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• Félix Javier Jiménez-Jiménez

  * E-mail: fjavier.jimenez@salud.madrid.org; felix.jimenez@sen.es

  Affiliations Department of Medicine-Neurology, Hospital “Príncipe de Asturias,” Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, Section of Neurology, Hospital Universitario del Sureste. Arganda del Rey, Madrid, Spain

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