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Interaction of hemostatic genetics with hormone therapy: new insights to explain arterial thrombosis in postmenopausal women.
Chest - 1 Mar 2002
Braunstein Joel B, Kershner Dawn Warner, Bray Paul, Gerstenblith Gary, Schulman Steven P, Post Wendy S, Blumenthal Roger S
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variants of key hemostatic mediators increasingly have been proposed as risk factors for atherothrombosis. The Hormone and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study group recently reported that the initiation of estrogen replacement in postmenopausal women with known coronary heart disease is associated with an early increase in cardiovascular events. A putative genetic susceptibility factor has been proposed...
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