Association of polymorphism of human α oestrogen receptor gene with coronary artery disease in men: A necropsy study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 321, Issue 7256, 2000, Pages 273-274

  Kunnas, Tarja A ^a   Laippala, Pekka ^a   Penttilä, Antti ^b   Lehtimäki, Terho ^a   Karhunen, Pekka J ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGE FACTORS; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0034729975     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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