No association of endometriosis with galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase mutations in a Chinese population

Mutation of galactose-1-phosphate uridyl

Mutation of galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase and its association with ovarian cancer and endometriosis

✍ Sarah J. Morland; Xiuxian Jiang; Andrew Hitchcock; Eric J. Thomas; Ian G. Campbe 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 41 KB

Impaired galactose metabolism has been proposed as a risk factor for ovarian cancer and endometriosis, which is a putative precursor of endometrioid and clear cell histological sub-types of ovarian cancer. The prevalence of the most common galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase gene mutations, Q18