Beyond Endometriosis Genome-Wide Association Study: From Genomics to Phenomics to the Patient

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 242-254

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

endometriosis; EPHect; epigenetic; genes; genome wide association study; phenotype

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; DNA INTEGRATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INTRON; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK;

EID: 84982136134     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1585408     Document Type: Article

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