Erschienen in:
01.11.2013 | Letter to the Editor
Are ABO and Rh blood groups new genetic risk factors for endometriosis?
verfasst von:
K. Daliri, S. M. Tabei, A. Amini, H. Derakhshankhah
Erschienen in:
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
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Ausgabe 5/2013
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Excerpt
Endometriosis is a complex gynecologic disorder with a particular genetic roots and 5–7 % recurrent risk for first-degree relatives of patients and occurs in about 5–10 % of women in reproductive age and up to 50 % of women with infertility. Several studies have revealed that endometriosis arises from an interaction between genetics and environmental factors [
1,
2]. Up to now, association between different malignancies with ABO and Rh antigens (which are located on the membrane of human cells especially blood cells) have documented in the literature while explanation for these associations is still unknown although an important hypothesis is that these antigens facilitate cellular mobility in tumors [
3]. …