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Genetic variation in the sex hormone metabolic pathway and endometriosis risk: an evaluation of candidate genes.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Dec 2011
Trabert Britton, Schwartz Stephen M, Peters Ulrike, De Roos Anneclaire J, Chen Chu, Scholes Delia, Holt Victoria L
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between common genetic variation in genes involved in the biosynthesis and signaling of estrogen and progesterone and endometriosis risk. DESIGN: Genetic polymorphism analysis. SETTING: Population-based case-control study conducted in Group Health Cooperative enrollees in western Washington. PATIENT(S): Women with newly diagnosed, surgically confirmed endometriosis between...
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