Association between PTPN22 and endometriosis.
Ammendola M, Bottini N, Pietropolli A, Saccucci P, Gloria-Bottini F
Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Surgery, Hospital University of Rome Tor Vergata, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
PTPN22 is currently one of the few known shared-autoimmunity genes and is therefore a candidate marker for endometriosis. Our data show that female carriers of the PTPN22( *)T variant are significantly more susceptible to endometriosis than controls.
Published 14 April 2008 in Fertil Steril, 89(4): 993-4.
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