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Association of progesterone receptor gene polymorphism (PROGINS) with endometriosis, uterine fibroids and breast cancer.
Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers - 1 Jan 2007
Govindan S, Ahmad S N, Vedicherla B, Kodati V, Jahan P, Rao K P, Ahuja Y R, Hasan Q
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Endometriosis, uterine fibroids and breast cancer are female health disorders associated with a great deal of morbidity. Since all these disorders are hormone responsive, our present study has been carried out to identify the association of 306bp Alu insertion polymorphism in intron 7 of progesterone receptor gene (PROGINS). DNA was isolated from the blood samples of 445 Asian Indian women, which included 100...
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