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Oestrogen receptor alpha gene intronic polymorphisms and autoimmune myasthenia gravis in Caucasian women.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Dec 2009
Pal Zsuzsanna, Gal Anikó, Remenyi Viktória, Tordai Attila, Molnar Maria Judit
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune myasthenia gravis is a disorder with a complex pathomechanism in which sex hormones, in particular oestrogen, have long been considered to play a role. Here we report the result of a case-control study which evaluated the association of two oestrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms with myasthenia gravis in Caucasian patients. PvuII (rs2234693) and XbaI (rs9340799) restriction fragment polymorphisms...
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