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Low serum estradiol levels are related to Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: The risk factors for Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease (MAC-LD) are not well known. We hypothesized that low serum estradiol (E2) levels are related to MAC-LD as most patients with MAC-LD are postmenopausal women. METHODS: This cross-sectional study compared patients with MAC-LD a...

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Autores principales: Uwamino, Yoshifumi, Nishimura, Tomoyasu, Sato, Yasunori, Tamizu, Eiko, Asakura, Takanori, Uno, Shunsuke, Mori, Masaaki, Fujiwara, Hiroshi, Ishii, Makoto, Kawabe, Hiroshi, Murata, Mitsuru, Hasegawa, Naoki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6915986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31842775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4668-x