Interleukin-1B (IL-1B) and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RN) gene polymorphisms are not associated with tubal pathology and Chlamydia trachomatis-related tubal factor subfertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2309-2314

  Murillo, Laura S ^a   Land, Jolande A ^b   Pleijster, Jolein ^a   Bruggeman, Cathrien A ^b   Salvador Pena A ^a   Morré, Servaas A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Immunogenetics; Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL 1RN) gene; Interleukin 1B (IL 1B) gene; Tubal pathology

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBFERTILITY; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0242522149     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg436     Document Type: Article

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