Familial aggregation of uterine myomas in Japanese women

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-253

  Sato, Fumio ^a,b   Mori, Mitsuru ^a   Nishi, Motoi ^a   Kudo, Ryuichi ^a   Miyake, Hirotsugu ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Obstetrics   (Japan)

Author keywords

Familiality; Nulliparity; Uterine myomas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036561125     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.12.249     Document Type: Article

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