The International Endogene Study: A collection of families for genetic research in endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 679-685

  Treloar, Susan ^a,b   Hadfield, Ruth ^c   Montgomery, Grant ^a,b   Lambert, Ann ^c   Wicks, Jacki ^a,b   Barlow, David H ^c   O'Connor, Daniel T ^d   Kennedy, Stephen ^c  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Discovery of Genes for Common Human Diseases ^*  (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d St Andrews War Memorial Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Epidemiology; Genetic; Linkage studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; DNA; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PELVIC PAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036789564     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)03341-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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