Prothrombin gene variants in non-Caucasians with fetal loss and intrauterine growth retardation

Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 250-253

  Schrijver, Iris ^a,b   Lenzi, Tiffanee J ^b   Jones, Carol D ^a   Lay, Maria J ^b   Druzin, Maurice L ^b   Zehnder, James L ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CONSULTATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEPSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOGENESIS;

EID: 0242691713     PISSN: 15251578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-1578(10)60482-5     Document Type: Article

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