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A population-based study of polymorphisms in genes related to sex hormones and abdominal aortic aneurysm.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Mar 2011
Golledge Jonathan, Biros Erik, Warrington Nicole, Jones Gregory T, Cooper Matthew, van Rij Andre M, Palmer Lyle J, Norman Paul E
Abstract excerpt
Male gender and family history are risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). We hypothesized that genes involved in sex hormones might be important in AAA. We investigated the association of aortic diameter with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes determining circulating sex hormones and their action. We genotyped 74 tagging SNPs across four genes (steroid 5α reductase, subfamily A,...
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