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Variants in BET1L and TNRC6B associate with increasing fibroid volume and fibroid type among European Americans.
Human genetics - 1 Dec 2013
Edwards Todd L, Hartmann Katherine E, Velez Edwards Digna R
Abstract excerpt
Uterine fibroids (UFs) affect 77 % of women by menopause and account for $9.4 billion in yearly healthcare costs. We recently replicated findings from the first UF genome-wide association study (GWAS), conducted in the Japanese. Here we tested these GWAS-discovered SNPs for association with UF characteristics to further assess whether risk varies by sub-phenotypes of UFs. Women were enrolled in Right from the...
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