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Estrogen receptor α is not a candidate gene for metabolic syndrome in Caucasian elderly subjects.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Jan 2014
Hoteit Maha, Arabi Asma, Habib Robert, Mahfouz Rami, Baddoura Rafic, Halaby Georges, El-Hajj Fuleihan Ghada
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OBJECTIVE: Variants of estrogen receptor α (ERα) have been associated with obesity, dyslipidemia, diabetes and blood pressure. The Middle East registers some of the highest rate of metabolic syndrome worldwide. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between metabolic syndrome, a clustered combination of these metabolic factors, and polymorphisms PvuII and XbaI of ERα in Lebanese Caucasian...
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