Estrogen receptor dinucleotide repeat polymorphism is associated with minimal or mild endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 774-777

  Sung, Hoon Kim ^b   Young, Min Choi ^a   Jong, Kwan Jun ^a   Seok, Hyun Kim ^a   Jung, Gu Kim ^a   Shin, Yong Moon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 24944516212     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.046     Document Type: Article

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