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Gynecologic diseases get their genes

New mouse models of ovarian cancer and endometriosis have been created, defining the genetic relationship between these two gynecologic diseases (pages 63–70).

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Figure 1: Proposed genetic alterations in the development of epithelial ovarian cancers and endometriosis.

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Matzuk, M. Gynecologic diseases get their genes. Nat Med 11, 24–26 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0105-24

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