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The role of apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease DNA repair gene in endometriosis.
Cancer genomics & proteomics - 1 Jan 2000
Hsu Chin-Mu, Chang Wen-Shin, Hwang Jeng-Jong, Wang Ju-Yu, Hsiao Yun-Lin, Tsai Chia-Wen, Liu Juhn-Cherng, Ying Tsung-Ho, Bau Da-Tian
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BACKGROUND/AIM: The altered cellular repair capacity plays a critical role in genomic instability and carcinogenesis. We aimed at evaluating the contribution of the polymorphic variant in apurinic/apyriminidinic endonuclease (APEX1) gene to its mRNA and protein levels and the risk of endometriosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In the current case-control study, 153 endometriosis patients and 636 non-endometriosis...
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