Genetic aspects of preeclampsia

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2372-2382

  Laivuori, Hannele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Association; Complex trait; Genetics; Heredity; Linkage; Preeclampsia; Review

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; TWINS;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 35348971276     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2239     Document Type: Review

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