An Italian association study and meta-analysis with previous GWAS confirm WNT4, CDKN2BAS and FN1 as the first identified susceptibility loci for endometriosis

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-46

  Pagliardini, Luca ^a   Gentilini, Davide ^b   Vigano, Paola ^a   Panina Bordignon, Paola ^a   Busacca, Mauro ^c   Candiani, Massimo ^d   Di Blasio, Anna Maria ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c Melloni Hospital   (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDKN2BAS PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; ITALY; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA, LONG UNTRANSLATED; WNT4 PROTEIN;

EID: 84872140869     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2012-101257     Document Type: Article

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