Article
Association of an estrogen receptor variant with increased height in women.
Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme - 1 Oct 1994
Lehrer S, Rabin J, Stone J, Berkowitz G S
Abstract excerpt
There is an association between a B region allele (here called the B' allele) of the estrogen receptor (ER) and a history of spontaneous abortion in women with ER positive breast cancer, but no such association for women with ER negative tumors or women without breast cancer. In this study we compared the heights of women carrying the B and B' alleles. The B' allele was identified by polymerase chain reaction to...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Body Height
- Breast Neoplasms
- Female
- Humans
- Linear Models
- Middle Aged
- Receptors, Estrogen