Oestrogen receptor B-region polymorphism and spontaneous abortion in women with breast cancer.

doi:10.1016/0140-6736(90)90410-7

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Oestrogen receptor B-region polymorphism and spontaneous abortion in women with breast cancer.

Lancet (London, England) - 17 Mar 1990

Lehrer S, Sanchez M, Song H K, Dalton J, Levine E, Savoretti P, Thung S N, Schachter B

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To examine whether a variant human oestrogen receptor gene, which differs from the wild-type gene in the B region, was associated with spontaneous abortion, obstetric histories of breast cancer patients with this variant were compared with those of breast cancer patients with the wild-type gene....

Topics

Abortion, Habitual
Breast Neoplasms
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Genotype
Humans
Polymorphism, Genetic
Pregnancy
RNA, Messenger
Receptors, Estrogen
Retrospective Studies

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