A population-based study of polymorphisms in genes related to sex hormones and abdominal aortic aneurysm

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-366

  Golledge, Jonathan ^a   Biros, Erik ^a   Warrington, Nicole ^b   Jones, Gregory T ^c   Cooper, Matthew ^b   Van Rij, Andre M ^c   Palmer, Lyle J ^b   Norman, Paul E ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

aneurysm; aorta; sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; SEX HORMONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 1;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILATATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79951810007     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.182     Document Type: Article

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