@article{a135d826f3974ab9990232920fd2667e,
title = "Polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor beta gene and risk of breast cancer: No association",
abstract = "Polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) gene may influence the cellular growth regulating effects of estradiol. In this first association study about breast cancer risk and polymorphisms in the ERβ gene we have screened 219 Finnish sporadic breast cancer cases and 248 ethnically matched male controls. No difference in the allele distribution of the six studied polymorphisms was found between the breast cancer and control groups.",
keywords = "Breast cancer, Estrogen receptor beta, Polymorphism",
author = "Asta F{\"o}rsti and Chunyan Zhao and Elisabeth Israelsson and Karin Dahlman-Wright and Gustafsson, {Jan {\AA}ke} and Kari Hemminki",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the Finnish Breast Cancer Group (FBCG) for providing blood samples from the breast cancer patients and Dr Pertti Sistonen and the Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service for providing DNA from the population controls. We thank M. Marinkovic for technical assistance. This study was supported by grants from the Swedish Cancer Fund and from KaroBio AB. Copyright: Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2003",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1023/A:1024020609833",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "79",
pages = "409--413",
journal = "Breast Cancer Research and Treatment",
issn = "0167-6806",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "3",
}