Daniel T. O’Connor

Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease that affects up to 10 % of women in their reproductive years. It causes pelvic pain, severe dysmenorrhea, and subfertility. The disease is defined as the presence of tissue resembling endometr…

Objective: The aim of the International Endogene Study is to discover genes that influence susceptibility to endometriosis. Design: The study brings together two research groups based in Australia and the United Kingdom that independently h…

The progesterone receptor (PR) is a candidate gene for the development of endometriosis, a complex disease with strong hormonal features, common in women of reproductive age. We typed the 306 base pair Alu insertion (AluIns) polymorphism in…

Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease that affects up to 10% of women in their reproductive years. It causes pelvic pain, severe dysmenorrhea, and subfertility. The disease is defined as the presence of tissue resembling endometri…

ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of and twin pair concordance for endometriosis.DesignA questionnaire survey incorporating validation.SettingAn Australia-wide volunteer sample of female monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs f…

ObjectiveWe evaluated the relative importance of predictors of hysterectomy.Study designA questionnaire survey of an Australia-wide sample of adult female twins was conducted; self-report data were validated against reports from treating ph…