Evaluating the role of race and medication in protection of uterine fibroids by type 2 diabetes exposure

BACKGROUND: Uterine fibroids (UF) affect 77% of women by menopause, and account for $9.4 billion in annual healthcare costs. Type-2-diabetes (T2D) has inconsistently associated with protection from UFs in prior studies. To further evaluate the relationship between T2D and UFs we tested for associati...

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Autores principales: Velez Edwards, Digna R., Hartmann, Katherine E., Wellons, Melissa, Shah, Anushi, Xu, Hua, Edwards, Todd L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5387248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28399866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0386-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5387248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28399866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0386-y

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