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Contrasting association of Leptin receptor polymorphisms and haplotypes with polycystic ovary syndrome in Bahraini and Tunisian women: a case-control study.
Bioscience reports - 29 Jan 2021
Dallel Meriem, Douma Zeineb, Finan Ramzi R, Hachani Feten, Letaifa Dhafer B, Mahjoub Touhami, Almawi Wassim Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The present study examined the contribution of ethnicity to the association of leptin receptor gene (LEPR) gene variants with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in Tunisian and Bahraini Arabic-speaking women. METHODS: Subjects consisted of 320 women with PCOS, and 446 eumenorrhic women from Tunisia, and 242 women with PCOS and 238 controls from Bahrain. Genotyping of (exonic) rs1137100 and rs1137101 and...
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