Association of extremely skewed X-chromosome inactivation with Taiwanese women presenting with recurrent pregnancy loss

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-343

  Kuo, Pao Lin ^a   Huang, Soon Cen ^b   Chang, Ling Wei ^a   Lin, Chien Hung ^a   Tsai, Wen Hui ^b   Teng, Yen Ni ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human androgen receptor; Recurrent pregnancy loss; Skewed X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT ABORTION; TAIWAN; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 43449131196     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60096-0     Document Type: Article

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