Estrogen receptor α gene variation and the risk of stroke

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2281-2282

  Shearman, Amanda M ^a,e   Cooper, Jackie A ^b   Kotwinski, Paul J ^b   Humphries, Steve E ^b   Mendelsohn, Michael E ^c   Housman, David E ^a   Miller, George J ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 26444446961     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000181088.76518.ec     Document Type: Article

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