European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 53-58 , July 2008

The endothelial nitric oxide synthase Glu298Asp polymorphism is not a risk factor for endometriosis in south Indian women

  • Manjula Bhanoori

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, India1
    • ,
  • D.B. Kameshwari

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, India1
    • ,
  • K.T. Zondervan

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK
    • ,
  • Mamata Deenadayal

      Affiliations

    • Infertility Institute and Research Centre, Hyderabad, India
    • ,
  • Stephen Kennedy

      Affiliations

    • Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
    • ,
  • S. Shivaji

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500007, India1
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 40 27192504; fax: +91 40 27160591.

Received 12 July 2007 ,Revised 25 October 2007 ,Accepted 13 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2008.01.006

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 139, Issue 1 , Pages 53-58 , July 2008

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