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Mutation of galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase and its association with ovarian cancer and endometriosis.
International journal of cancer - 11 Sept 1998
Morland S J, Jiang X, Hitchcock A, Thomas E J, Campbell I G
Abstract excerpt
Impaired galactose metabolism has been proposed as a risk factor for ovarian cancer and endometriosis, which is a putative precursor of endometrioid and clear cell histological sub-types of ovarian cancer. The prevalence of the most common galactose-I-phosphate uridyl transferase gene mutations, Q188R and N314D, was assessed in 206 women with ovarian cancer, 78 women with endometriosis and 248 controls. No Q188R...
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