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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha promotor polymorphisms and endometriosis.
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation - 1 Jan 2000
Wieser Fritz, Fabjani Gerhild, Tempfer Clemens, Schneeberger Christian, Zeillinger Robert, Huber Johannes C, Wenzl Rene
Abstract excerpt
To explore whether having the mutant tumor necrosis factor (TNF)2 (G-308*A) and TNFA-A (G-238*A) alleles in the TNF-alpha gene promotor region is higher in women with endometriosis, we determined the respective genotype and allele frequencies in a retrospective case-control study. Polymerase chain reaction was performed to identify the G-308A and G-238A promotor polymorphisms in 92 women with surgically and...
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