A genome-wide association study identifies three loci associated with susceptibility to uterine fibroids

Nature Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 447-451

  Cha, Pei Chieng ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^b   Hosono, Naoya ^b   Low, Siew Kee ^a   Kamatani, Naoyuki ^b   Kubo, Michiaki ^b   Nakamura, Yusuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79955479796     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.805     Document Type: Article

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