Leukemia inhibitory factor gene mutations in the population of infertile women are not restricted to nulligravid patients

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-235

  Kralickova, Milena ^a   Sima, Radek ^a   Vanecek, Tomas ^a   Sima, Petr ^b   Rokyta, Zdenek ^a   Ulcova Gallova, Zdenka ^a   Sucha, Renata ^a   Uher, Petr ^a   Hes, Ondrej ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Embryo implantation; Infertility; Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF); Mutations

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; POINT MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 33746898296     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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