No association of endometriosis with galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase mutations in a Chinese population

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-309

  He, Chunni ^a   Song, Yanfeng ^a   He, Xiaoyu ^a   Zhang, Wenju ^a   Liao, Lianming ^b  

^a FUZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Fujian Second Peoples Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Frequency; Mutation; Susceptibility gene

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; UDPGLUCOSE-HEXOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 33646255206     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20200     Document Type: Article

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