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Polymorphism of the progesterone receptor gene associated with endometriosis in patients from Goiás, Brazil.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 6 Jul 2011
Costa I R, Silva R C P C, Frare A B, Silva C T X, Bordin B M, Souza S R, Ribeiro Júnior C L, Moura K K V O
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We investigated a possible link between endometriosis and polymorphism of the progesterone receptor gene (PROGINS). The endometriosis group consisted of 54 patients with a diagnosis of endometriosis by laparoscopy, and the control group comprised 44 women without endometriosis. Genotypes for PROGINS polymorphisms (A1/A1, A1/A2 and A2/A2) were determined by polymerase chain reaction and analyzed on a 2% agarose...
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