Increased frequency of HLA-DR4 allele in women with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortions, detected by the method of PCR-SSP

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-279

  Sasaki, Takayuki ^a   Yamada, Hideto ^a   Kato, Emi H ^a   Sudo, Satoko ^a   Kishida, Tatsuro ^a   Sasaki, Tsuyoshi ^b   Nishigaki, Fumitaka ^b   Fujimoto, Seiichiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

HLA; PCR; PCR SSP; Pregnancy; Recurrent spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031038819     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(96)01004-2     Document Type: Article

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