Estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with recurrence of endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 764-766

  Luisi, Stefano ^a   Galleri, Letizia ^a   Marini, Francesca ^b   Ambrosini, Guido ^c   Brandi, Maria Luisa ^b   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR GENE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 32944477063     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.08.038     Document Type: Article

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