Recurrent abortions in Asian Indians: No role of factor V Leiden Hong Kong/Cambridge mutation and MTHFR polymorphism

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-104

  Biswas, Arijit ^a   Choudhry, Priya ^b   Mittal, Anuradha ^a   Meena, Arvind ^b   Ranjan, Ravi ^a   Choudhry, V P ^a   Saxena, Renu ^a,c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

FV Leiden; Maternal blood; MTHFR C677T polymorphism; Recurrent fetal loss; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ANTITHROMBIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; THROMBOPHILIA;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACTOR V; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 37549053718     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029607303774     Document Type: Article

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