Estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms and risk of HBV-related acute liver failure in the Chinese population.

Although the highly significant association between ESR1 polymorphisms and susceptibility to HBV-related ALF derives from biologically based a priori hypothesis, our initial findings should be independently verified in populations of different ancestry, especially in other East Asia populations, where HBV infection is the major cause of ALF.

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