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Joint effects of smoking and gene variants involved in sex steroid metabolism on hot flashes in late reproductive-age women.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jun 2012
Butts Samantha F, Freeman Ellen W, Sammel Mary D, Queen Kaila, Lin Hui, Rebbeck Timothy R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although smoking has a known association with hot flashes, the factors distinguishing smokers at greatest risk for menopausal symptoms have not been well delineated. Recent evidence supports a relationship between menopausal symptoms and variants in several genes encoding enzymes that metabolize substrates such as sex steriods, xenobiotics, and catechols. It is currently not known whether the impact...
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