Article
Heritability and candidate genes for endometriosis.
Reproductive biomedicine online - 1 Sept 2003
Simpson Joe Leigh, Bischoff Farideh
Abstract excerpt
Endometriosis is inherited in polygenic/multifactorial fashion, with recurrence risks of 5-7% for first-degree relatives. The current task is to determine the number and location of causative genes. This review initially supports the basis for polygenic/multifactorial inheritance and then outline...
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