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The relationship between estrogen receptor gene polymorphism and mammographic density in postmenopausal women.
Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society - 1 Jun 2013
Baldisserotto F D G, Elias S, Silva I D C G, Nazario A C P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between the presence of PVUII and XBAI polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor α gene and mammographic density in postmenopausal women. METHODS: For the present analysis, 189 postmenopausal women who had never used hormonal therapy and who did not have clinical or mammographic features were selected. Based on the ACR-BIRADS(®) 2003 classification, the mammographic density was...
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