Affected sib-pair analysis in endometriosis.
This paper (i) reviews the current clinical and molecular genetic data which strongly suggest that endometriosis has a genetic basis; (ii) outlines the general principles of affected-sib pair analysis; and (iii) describes the Oxford Endometriosis Gene (OXEGENE) Study which aims, using a positional cloning approach, to identify susceptibility genes involved in the development of the disease.
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Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, UK. skennedy@molbiol.ox.ac.uk
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D000328:Adult; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D020412:Multifactorial Inheritance / Q000235:genetics; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010375:Pedigree; D006599:UDPglucose-Hexose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase / Q000235:genetics
D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D006599:UDPglucose-Hexose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase