The effect of hormone replacement therapy on atherosclerotic severity in relation to ESR1 genotype in postmenopausal women

Maturitas

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-38

  Koivu, Tommi A ^a,b   Fan, Yue Mei ^a,b   Mattila, Kari M ^a,b   Dastidar, Prasun ^a   Jokela, Hannu ^a   Nikkari, Seppo T ^b   Kunnas, Tarja ^b   Punnonen, Reijo ^a   Lehtimäki, Terho ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis severity; ESR1 PvuII genotype; Hormone replacement therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GESTAGEN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037472854     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(02)00293-1     Document Type: Article

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