B lymphocyte stimulator -817C>T promoter polymorphism and the predisposition for the development of deep infiltrating endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1108-1110

  De Graaff, Aisha A ^a   Dunselman, Gerard A J ^a   Delvoux, Bert ^a   Van Kaam, Kim J ^a   Smits, Luc J M ^b   Romano, Andrea ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte stimulator; Endometriosis; single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERITONEAL DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955589998     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.041     Document Type: Article

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