Associations between cytokine gene polymorphisms and recurrent pregnancy loss

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-77

  Daher, Silvia ^a,b   Shulzhenko, Natalia ^a   Morgun, Andrey ^a   Mattar, Rosiane ^a   Rampim, Gisele F ^a   Camano, Luiz ^a   DeLima, Maria Gerbase ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Gene polymorphism; Pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0036488829     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(02)00059-1     Document Type: Article

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