Link between endometriosis and ovarian-cancer subtypes

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 326-328

  Gourley, Charlie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID1A GENE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LETTER; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859159352     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70029-3     Document Type: Letter

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