Article
Replication of endometriosis-associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms from genome-wide association studies in a Caucasian population.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Mar 2013
Sundqvist J, Xu H, Vodolazkaia A, Fassbender A, Kyama C, Bokor A, Gemzell-Danielsson K, D'Hooghe T M, Falconer H
Abstract excerpt
STUDY QUESTION: Is it possible to replicate the previously identified genetic association of four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs12700667, rs7798431, rs1250248 and rs7521902, with endometriosis in a Caucasian population? SUMMARY ANSWER: A borderline association was observed for rs1250248 and endometriosis (P = 0.049). However, we could not replicate the other previously identified...