Genome-wide Enrichment Analysis between Endometriosis and Obesity-related Traits Reveals Novel Susceptibility Loci

Hum Mol Genet

29 October Oct 2014 11 years ago
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Our results demonstrate an example of potential biological pleiotropy that was hitherto unknown, and represent an opportunity for functional follow-up of loci and further cross-phenotype comparisons to assess how fat distribution and endometriosis pathogenesis research fields can inform each other.