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ea0029s44.1 | Genome wide studies in reproduction | ICEECE2012

Genome-wide association study of endometriosis identifies a locus at 7p15.2 with pleiotropic effects

Zondervan K. , Painter J. , Rahmioglu N. , Nyholt D. , Anderson C. , MacGregor S. , Lee H. , Visscher P. , Kraft P. , Martin N. , Morris A. , Treloar S. , Kennedy S. , Lindgren C. , Missmer S. , Montgomery G.

Endometriosis is a common gynaecological disease associated with severe pelvic pain and sub-fertility. We conducted a genome-wide association (GWA) study in 3,194 surgically confirmed endometriosis cases and 7060 controls of European ancestry from Australia and the UK using 540,000 genetic markers (SNPs). Polygenic predictive modelling showed significantly increased genetic loading among the 1364 (43%) cases with moderate-severe (rAFS III/IV) endometriosis. The strongest assoc...
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ea0019p386 | Thyroid | SFEBES2009

Spurious TFT results in clinically euthyroid patients: a lesson in interference

Harrold Christopher , Nizar Hisham , Rangan S , Kennedy David , Ramachandran S

We present two cases with biochemistry results suggesting thyrotoxicosis, caused by laboratory artefacts.Case 1: A 68-year-old male with type 2 diabetes was referred with weight loss. Results showed fT4 of 30.5 and TSH of 1.07, confirmed on repeat. He had no symptoms of hyperthyroidism.Blood was sent for treatment with antibody-blocking reagents:...
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