Title: Estrogen Receptor 1 Variants and Coronary Artery Disease: Shedding Light Into a Murky Pool.
Authors: Hopkins, Paul N.; Brinton, Eliot A.
Abstract: Comments on the article by Shearman et al in this issue on estrogen receptor 1 variants and coronary artery disease. Details of the study; Importance of men in this study; Its significance as confirmation of earlier study results; Testing known variants with demonstrated functional effects; Complexity and contradictory nature of data on estrogen receptors on atherosclerosis-related factors; Conclusions.
Subjects: ESTROGEN receptors; ATHEROSCLEROSIS treatment; SEX hormones; ARTERIAL diseases; CLINICAL medicine
Publication: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003, Vol 290, Issue 17, p2317
ISSN: 0098-7484
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.17.2317

Estrogen Receptor 1 Variants and Coronary Artery Disease: Shedding Light Into a Murky Pool.

Hopkins, Paul N.; Brinton, Eliot A.