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Estrogen receptor 1 gene (TA)n polymorphism is associated with lone atrial fibrillation in men.
Croatian medical journal - 1 Feb 2014
Golubić Karlo, Šmalcelj Anton, Sertić Jadranka, Juričić Ljiljana
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To determine the association between the number of thymine-adenine (TA)n dinucleotide repeats in the promoter region of the gene coding for the estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) and the prevalence of lone atrial fibrillation (AF) in men. METHODS: We conducted a case-control study involving 89 men with lone AF and 166 healthy male controls. The ESR1 genotype was established by polymerase chain reaction and...
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