Do mitochondrial mutations cause recurrent miscarriage?

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 295-300

  Kaare, Milja ^a   Götz, Alexandra ^a   Ulander, Veli Matti ^b   Ariansen, Sarah ^c   Kaaja, Risto ^b   Suomalainen, Anu ^a,b   Aittomäki, Kristiina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

DHPLC; Mitochondrial DNA variations; Recurrent miscarriage

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROPLASMY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT ABORTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549101952     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap021     Document Type: Article

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