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Clinical, pathologic, cytogenetic, and molecular profiling in self-identified black women with uterine leiomyomata.
Cancer genetics - 1 Apr 2018
Hayden Mark A, Ordulu Zehra, Gallagher C Scott, Quade Bradley J, Anchan Raymond M, Middleton Nia Robinson, Srouji Serene S, Stewart Elizabeth A, Morton Cynthia C
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Black women are disproportionately affected by uterine leiomyomata (UL), or fibroids, compared to other racial groups, having a greater lifetime risk of developing UL and an earlier age of diagnosis. In order to elucidate molecular and genetic mechanisms responsible for the increased prevalence and morbidity associated with UL in black women, clinical, pathologic, cytogenetic, and select molecular profiling...
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