Androgen receptor gene cytosine, adenine, and guanine trinucleotide repeats in patients with endometriosis

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 237-240

  Lattuada, Debora ^a   Viganò, Paola ^a   Somigliana, Edgardo ^a   Odorizzi, Maria Paola ^a   Vignali, Mario ^a   Di Blasio, Anna Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

androgen receptor; CAG repeats; Endometriosis

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOSINE; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; GUANINE TRINUCLEOTIDE; TRINUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

ADENINE; ADULT; ALLELES; CYTOSINE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GUANINE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 2342444225     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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