Genetic variants underlying risk of endometriosis: Insights from meta-analysis of eight genome-wide association and replication datasets

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 702-716

  Rahmioglu, Nilufer ^a   Nyholt, Dale R ^b   Morris, Andrew P ^a,c   Missmer, Stacey A ^d   Montgomery, Grant W ^b   Zondervan, Krina T ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Genetics; GWAS; Heterogeneity; Sub phenotypes

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN 1; GROWTH REGULATION BY ESTROGEN IN BREAST CANCER 1 PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF DNA BINDING 4 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEZATIN PROTEIN;

CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME BAND; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; GENETICS; GWAS; HETEROGENEITY; SUB-PHENOTYPES;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RISK;

EID: 84906048149     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmu015     Document Type: Review

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