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Arg72Pro p53 polymorphism in Italian women: no association with endometriosis.

Vietri MT, Molinari AM, Iannella I, Cioffi M, Bontempo P, Ardovino M, Scaffa C, Colacurci N, Cobellis L

Department of General Pathology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.

p53 codon 72 polymorphism in Italian women have a minor role in determining genetic susceptibility to endometriosis. The racial differences, in association with other risk factors, might be underlined in endometriotic disease.

Published 9 November 2007 in Fertil Steril, 88(5): 1468-9.
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