A study of three candidate genes for pre-eclampsia in a Sinhalese population from Sri Lanka

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-242

  Dissanayake, Vajira H W ^a,b   Giles, Victoria ^b   Jayasekara, Rohan W ^a   Seneviratne, Harshalal R ^a   Kalsheker, Noor ^b   Pipkin, Fiona Broughton ^b   Morgan, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiotensinogen; Epidermal growth factor; Genetic association study; Population stratification; Pre eclampsia; Transforming growth factor alpha

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPLICATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SRI LANKA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 63149089914     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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