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Genetics of endometriosis: a role for the progesterone receptor gene polymorphism PROGINS?
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Aug 2004
Lattuada Debora, Somigliana Edgardo, Viganò Paola, Candiani Massimo, Pardi Giorgio, Di Blasio Anna Maria
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OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is a steroid-dependent disease with a particular genetic background, but the locations of possible genomic aberrations are still poorly clarified. We have investigated the potential association between endometriosis and the PROGINS 306 base pair insertion polymorphism in intron G of the progesterone receptor (PR) gene, which has been reported previously to segregate with this disease....
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