Tumor necrosis factor α and lymphotoxin α haplotypes in idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1903-1908

  Zammiti, Walid ^a   Mtiraoui, Nabil ^a   Finan, Ramzi R ^b   Almawi, Wassim Y ^c   Mahjoub, Touhami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

lymphotoxin; recurrent miscarriage; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 67349238227     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.090     Document Type: Article

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