Oestrogen receptor (ESR) polymorphisms and breast cancer susceptibility.

doi:10.1007/BF00206961

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Oestrogen receptor (ESR) polymorphisms and breast cancer susceptibility.

Human genetics - 1 Dec 1994

Andersen T I, Heimdal K R, Skrede M, Tveit K, Berg K, Børresen A L

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The allele frequencies of three restriction fragment length polymorphisms at the oestrogen receptor (ESR) locus were compared between breast cancer patients and controls. Leucocyte or tumour DNA from 238 and 122 patients, respectively, and leucocyte DNA from 672 controls was analysed. Alleles hav...

Topics

Adult
Age of Onset
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alleles
Breast Neoplasms
DNA
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymorphism, Genetic
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Receptors, Estrogen

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