Interleukin-4 gene polymorphism is not involved in the risk of recurrent pregnancy loss

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-146

  Saijo, Yasuaki ^a   Sata, Fumihiro ^a   Yamada, Hideto ^a   Konodo, Tomoko ^a   Kato, Emi Hirayama ^a   Kataoka, Soromon ^a   Shimada, Shigeki ^a   Morikawa, Mamoru ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^a   Kishi, Reiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 4; Polymorphism; Recurrent pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TH2 CELL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 4344605739     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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