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BET1L and TNRC6B associate with uterine fibroid risk among European Americans.
Human genetics - 1 Aug 2013
Edwards Todd L, Michels Kara A, Hartmann Katherine E, Velez Edwards Digna R
Abstract excerpt
Uterine fibroid (UFs) affect 77 % of women by menopause and account for $9.4 billion in healthcare costs each year. Although UFs are heritable, genetic risk is poorly understood. The first genome-wide association study (GWAS) of UFs was recently performed in a Japanese population, with reported genome-wide significance for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across three chromosomal regions. We tested these...
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