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Relationship between two estrogen receptor-alpha gene polymorphisms and angiographic coronary artery disease.
Anadolu kardiyoloji dergisi : AKD = the Anatolian journal of cardiology - 1 Aug 2009
Karadağ Bilgehan, Güven Mehmet, Hacioğlu Yalçin, Oz Erdinç, Batar Bahadir, Domaniç Nergiz, Ulutin Turgut, Vural Vural Ali
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of estrogen receptor-alpha PvuII and BtgI polymorphisms with angiographic presence and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS: Our cross-sectional study included 140 patients with >or=50% coronary stenoses (CAD group) and 47 patients with normal angiograms (CAD-free group) (total n=187, age 59.6+/- 13.2 years; 66 women). PvuII and BtgI genotype and allele...
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