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Genetic polymorphisms of DNMT3L involved in hypermethylation of chromosomal ends are associated with greater risk of developing ovarian endometriosis.
The American journal of pathology - 1 May 2012
Borghese Bruno, Santulli Pietro, Héquet Delphine, Pierre Guillaume, de Ziegler Dominique, Vaiman Daniel, Chapron Charles
Abstract excerpt
Endometrioma is a common ovarian cyst associated with pain and infertility, but its pathogenesis remains enigmatic. Demonstration of the subtelomeric location of hypermethylation in endometrioma has been reported by genome-wide profiling of methylated promoters. Recently, rs113593938, a polymorph...
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