Coronary artery wall atherosclerosis in relation to the estrogen receptor 1 gene polymorphism: An autopsy study

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 176-180

  Lehtimäki, Terho ^a   Kunnas, Tarja A ^b   Mattila, Kari M ^a   Perola, Markus ^d   Penttilä, Antti ^c   Koivula, Timo ^a   Karhunen, Pekka J ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complicated lesion; Coronary artery disease; Estrogen receptor 1; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR 1; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FINLAND; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 0036121215     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-001-0311-5     Document Type: Article

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