HLA-G polymorphism in finnish couples with recurrent spontaneous miscarriage

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1212-1214

  Karhukorpi, Jari ^a   Laitinen, Tarja ^b   Tiilikainen, Anja S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030961071     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10951.x     Document Type: Article

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