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Lack of association between estrogen receptor 1 gene polymorphisms and multiple sclerosis in southern Italy in humans.
Neuroscience letters - 19 Jul 2002
Savettieri Giovanni, Cittadella Rita, Valentino Paola, Manna Ida, Andreoli Virginia, La Russa Antonella, La Porta Gaetana, Ruscica Francesca, Ragonese Paolo, Pirritano Domenico, Bonavita Simona, Tedeschi Gioacchino, Quattrone Aldo
Abstract excerpt
Estrogen receptor 1 gene polymorphisms (ESR1) have been found to be associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) in both Japanese and Finnish populations. We investigated the association between ESR1 polymorphisms (PvuII and XbaI) and MS in a study of 132 MS patients and 129 controls from the same geographic background (southern Italy). Allelic and genotypic frequencies were not different between MS patients and...
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