Association of the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Polymorphisms (-460C/T, +405G/C and +936T/C) with Endometriosis: A Meta-Analysis

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 464-471

  Xu, Shaohua ^a   Wu, Wei ^a,b   Sun, Hong ^c,d   Lu, Jing ^a,b   Yuan, Beilei ^a,b   Xia, Yankai ^a,b   De Moor, Bart ^c,d   Marchal, Kathleen ^d,e   Wang, Xinru ^a,b   Xu, Peizhen ^a   Cheng, Wenjun ^f  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Medical University   (China)

^c Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Meta analysis; Polymorphism; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; THREONINE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUBLICATION BIAS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84867428428     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2012.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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