Genome-wide association study identifies a locus at 7p15.2 associated with endometriosis

Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease associated with pelvic pain and subfertility. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 3,194 individuals with surgically confirmed endometriosis (cases) and 7,060 controls from Australia and the UK. Polygenic predictive modeling showed si...

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Main Authors: Painter, J, Anderson, C, Nyholt, DR, MacGregor, S, Lin, J, Lee, S, Lambert, A, Zhao, Z, Roseman, F, Guo, Q, Gordon, S, Wallace, L, Henders, A, Visscher, P, Kraft, P, Martin, N, Morris, A, Treloar, SA, Kennedy, S, Missmer, SA, Montgomery, G, Zondervan, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011