The C46T polymorphism of the coagulation factor XII gene and idiopathic recurrent miscarriage

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1434-1436

  Walch, Katharina ^a   Riener, Eva Katrin ^a   Tempfer, Clemens B ^a   Endler, Georg ^a   Huber, Johannes C ^a   Unfried, Gertrud ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; CYTOSINE; THYMINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 12;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FXII GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THROMBOPHILIA; UNTRANSLATED REGION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PARITY; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; FACTOR XII; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PARITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 32944478618     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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