Analysis of human leukocyte antigen-G polymorphism including intron 4 in Japanese couples with habitual abortion

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-163

  Yamashita, Takahiro ^a   Fujii, Tomoyuki ^a   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^b   Tadokoro, Kenji ^c   Hamai, Yoko ^a   Miki, Akinori ^a   Kozuma, Shiro ^a   Juji, Takeo ^c   Taketani, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Habitual abortion; Human leukocyte antigen G; Polymerase chain reaction; Polymorphism; Single strand conformation polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; INTRON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0033058006     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1999.tb00089.x     Document Type: Article

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