Apolipoprotein E4 allele and recurrent pregnancy loss: Larger samples are still needed

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-

  Zhang, Hong Liang ^a,b   Wu, Jiang ^a  

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALLELE; CHROMOSOME 19Q; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 72549119179     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00782.x     Document Type: Letter

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