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SUBMITTER: Zhao ZZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2856969 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Zhen Zhen ZZ Nyholt Dale R DR Le Lien L Treloar Susan A SA Montgomery Grant W GW
The open reproductive science journal 20080101
Endometriosis is a complex disease involving multiple susceptibility genes and environmental factors. Our previous studies on endometriosis identified a region of significant linkage on chromosome 10q. Two biological candidate genes (CYP17A1 and IFIT1) located on chromosome 10q, have previously been implicated in endometriosis and/or uterine function. We hypothesized that variation in CYP17A1 and/or IFIT1 could contribute to the risk of endometriosis and may account for some of the linkage signa ...[more]