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Autoimmune glomerulonephritis with spontaneous formation of splenic germinal centers in mice lacking the estrogen receptor alpha gene.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Feb 2004
Shim Gil-Jin, Kis Loránd Levente, Warner Margaret, Gustafsson Jan-Ake
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In mice, ovariectomy accelerates the progression of the end-stage renal disease glomerulosclerosis. In women, the incidence of this disease increases after menopause, and estrogen alters its progression. Polymorphisms in the human estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) gene have been suggested to cons...
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