Distortion of maternal-fetal angiotensin II type 1 receptor allele transmission in pre-eclampsia

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 632-636

  Morgan, L ^a   Crawshaw, S ^a   Baker, P N ^a   Brookfield, J F Y ^a   Broughton Pipkin, F ^a   Kalsheker, N ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II type 1 receptor; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; DNA; PROSTAGLANDIN; THROMBOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0031827806     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.35.8.632     Document Type: Article

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