Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the promoter region of the interleukin-6 gene and the risk of recurrent pregnancy loss in japanese women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 374-378

  Saijo, Yasuaki ^a   Sata, Fumihiro ^a   Yamada, Hideto ^a   Kondo, Tomoko ^a   Kato, Emi Hirayama ^a   Kishi, Reiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Polymorphism; Recurrent pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECURRENT ABORTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 1242306538     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.06.023     Document Type: Article

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