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Ovarian cancer-associated polymorphisms in the BNC2 gene among women with endometriosis.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Aug 2011
Sundqvist J, Falconer H, Seddighzadeh M, Vodolazkaia A, Fassbender A, Kyama C, Bokor A, Stephansson O, Gemzell-Danielsson K, D'Hooghe T M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common benign gynaecological disease. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated associations between endometriosis and ovarian cancer. Recent genome-wide association studies of ovarian cancer have identified several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Basonuclin 2 (BNC2) gene. In this study, we investigated these polymorphism in women with endometriosis. METHODS: Six SNPs...
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