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Estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms in Japanese patients with systemic sclerosis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Hoshi M, Yasuoka H, Kuwana M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the estrogen receptor (ER) alpha and Beta genes are associated with disease susceptibility and clinical presentation in Japanese patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS: Three SNPs, ERalpha PvuII T/C, ERalpha XbaI A/G, and ERBeta RsaI G/A, were genotyped using polymerase-chain reaction combined with restriction fragment length...
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