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Estrogen receptor alpha gene variation and the risk of stroke.
Stroke - 1 Oct 2005
Shearman Amanda M, Cooper Jackie A, Kotwinski Paul J, Humphries Steve E, Mendelsohn Michael E, Housman David E, Miller George J
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) gene variation is associated with a range of important estrogen-dependent characteristics, including responses of lipid profile and atherosclerotic severity to hormone replacement therapy, coronary heart disease risk, and migraine. The roles that reproductive steroids play in cerebrovascular pathophysiology and ischemia are an important area of investigation....
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