Cross-disorder analysis of endometriosis and its comorbid diseases reveals shared genes and molecular pathways and proposes putative biomarkers of endometriosis

Eva Vargas; Lusine Aghajanova; Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson; Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson; Signe Altmäe; Francisco J Esteban

doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2019.11.003

Cross-disorder analysis of endometriosis and its comorbid diseases reveals shared genes and molecular pathways and proposes putative biomarkers of endometriosis

Eva Vargas, Lusine Aghajanova, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Signe Altmäe, Francisco J Esteban

Reproductive biomedicine online · 2019 · vol. 40(2) , pp. 305–318 · doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2019.11.003 · PMID:31926826 · W2991395535

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Autoimmune Diseases Databases, Genetic Endometriosis Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Autoimmune Diseases Autoimmune Diseases Biomarkers Cluster Analysis Comorbidity Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Polymorphism, Genetic

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