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Telomere shortening in uterine leiomyomas.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Sept 1998
Bonatz G, Frahm S O, Andreas S, Heidorn K, Jonat W, Parwaresch R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To gain a better understanding of proliferation control mechanisms in a common benign tumor, we investigated the mean telomere length and the clonality of uterine leiomyomas. STUDY DESIGN: Deoxyribonucleic acid from uterine leiomyomas and from the adjacent normal myometrium of 51 patients (total number of uterine leiomyomas 107; 28 patients with single leiomyoma, 23 patients with multiple leiomyomas...
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