METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING WOMEN WITH INCREASED RESPONSE TO HORMONAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY

摘要

The invention relates to a method for diagnosing women having increased response to hormonal replacement therapy. Said women have a pp polymorphism in the estrogen receptor alpha gene. The invention concerns a method for treatment or preventing diseases or disorders relating to estrogen deficiency in women diagnosed for having increased response to hormonal replacement therapy. Further, the invention concerns selection of female subjects for clinical studies of hormone replacement therapy or of therapies of bone diseases, such as osteoporosis.