Extremely skewed X-chromosome inactivation patterns in women with recurrent spontaneous abortion

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 384-387

  Bagislar, Sevgi ^a   Ustuner, Isik ^b   Cengiz, Bora ^b   Soylemez, Feride ^b   Akyerli, Cemaliye Boylu ^a   Ceylaner, Serdar ^c   Ceylaner, Gulay ^c   Acar, Aynur ^d   Ozcelik, Tayfun ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN S HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Mosaicism; Mutation; Recurrent abortion; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RECEPTOR GENE; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ALLELES; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOSAICISM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 33748148582     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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