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Failure to detect significant association between estrogen receptor-alpha gene polymorphisms and endometriosis in Japanese women.
Environmental health and preventive medicine - 1 Sept 2012
Matsuzaka Yasunari, Kikuti Yukie Y, Izumi Shun-ichiro, Goya Kenichi, Suzuki Takahiro, Cai Li-yi, Oka Akira, Inoko Hidetoshi, Kulski Jerzy K, Kimura Minoru
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to test whether estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) gene polymorphisms are correlated with the risk of the development of endometriosis in Japanese women, as a preliminary study. METHODS: To compare allelic frequencies and genotype distributions, a case-control study of 100 affected women and 143 women with no evidence of disease was performed using 10 microsatellite repeat markers and...
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