Dawson, G

No ORCID on file · 1 paper in corpus · active 2005

Study types

  • article 1

Condition tags

  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • endometriosis 1
article 2005
Genomewide linkage study in 1,176 affected sister pair families identifies a significant susceptibility locus for endometriosis on chromosome 10q26.

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…