Is MUC1 polymorphism associated with female infertility?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 477-482

  Goulart, Luis ^a   Vieira, G S ^b   Martelli, L ^c   Inacio J ^b   Goulart, I M B ^a   Franco, Jr ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b BioGenetics Tecnologia Molecular   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Reproducao Humana   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embryo; Implantation failure; Infertility; MUCI; VNTR

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 1; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 1842627662     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60933-9     Document Type: Article

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