Estrogen receptor variant and hypertension in women.

doi:10.1161/01.hyp.21.4.439

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Estrogen receptor variant and hypertension in women.

Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Apr 1993

Lehrer S, Rabin J, Kalir T, Schachter B S

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Eighty-eight women visiting a gynecologist were tested for an estrogen receptor B-variant allele. The women were ethnically and racially homogeneous to a large degree. They were from a suburb of Long Island, and most were white. The 12% incidence of hypertension in women with the estrogen recepto...

Topics

Age Factors
Alleles
Body Mass Index
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Hypertension
Incidence
Middle Aged
Receptors, Estrogen
Sex Factors

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