Oestrogen receptor alpha gene intronic polymorphisms and autoimmune myasthenia gravis in Caucasian women

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 822-824

  Pal, Zsuzsanna ^a,b   Gal, Anikó ^a   Remenyi, Viktória ^a   Tordai, Attila ^c   Molnar, Maria Judit ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c National Blood Transfusion Service   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Myasthenia gravis; Oestrogen receptor; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449524323     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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