Jonsdottir K

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meta-analysis 2020
Communications biology ·doi:10.1038/s42003-020-0857-9

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a downward descent of one or more of the pelvic organs, resulting in a protrusion of the vaginal wall and/or uterus. We performed a genome-wide association study of POP using data from Iceland and the UK Bioba…

article 2010
American Journal of Epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/aje/kwq143

The annual incidence of pelvic endometriosis among women aged 15-49 years and up to age 69 years was ascertained for the Icelandic population between 1981 and 2000 by using Iceland's extensive record linkage systems. Comprehensive, state-fi…

article 2001
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)02862-x

ObjectiveTo investigate a possible association between the carrier frequency of the N314D mutation in the galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT) gene and endometriosis and linkage to the short arm of chromosome 9, where the GALT ge…