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Effects of estrogen-only therapy on LDL oxidation in women with hysterectomy: does paraoxonase genotype play a role?
Maturitas - 20 Feb 2006
Akçay Yasemin D, Sagin Ferhan G, Sendağ Fatih, Oztekin Kemal, Sozmen Eser Y
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OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the effects of estrogen-only therapy on lipid profile (through susceptibility of low density lipoproteins to oxidation) and on oxidant-antioxidant parameters in surgical menopausal women. PON genotypes are also evaluated considering that they may be associated with the personal differences observed in antioxidant effects induced by estrogen. METHODS: Thirty women who had...
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