Article
Lack of an association human dioxin detoxification gene polymorphisms with endometriosis in Japanese women: results of a pilot study.
Environmental health and preventive medicine - 1 Nov 2012
Matsuzaka Yasunari, Kikuti Yukie Y, Goya Kenichi, Suzuki Takahiro, Cai Li-Yi, Oka Akira, Inoko Hidetoshi, Kulski Jerzy K, Izumi Shun-Ichiro, Kimura Minoru
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Endometriosis is a chronic disease caused by the presence of endometrial tissue in ectopic locations outside the uterus. Chronic exposure to the environmental pollutant dioxin has been correlated with an increased incidence in the development of endometriosis in non-human primates. We have therefore examined whether there is an association between the polymorphisms of ten dioxin detoxification genes...
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