Polymorphisms in the protein C inhibitor gene in in vitro fertilization failure

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 277-279

  Bungum, Mona ^a   Giwercman, Aleksander ^a   Bungum, Leif ^a   Humaidan, Peter ^b   Rastkhani, Hamideh ^a   Giwercman, Yvonne Lundberg ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; GUANINE; PROTEIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; EXON; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXONS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN C INHIBITOR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 72749110925     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.984     Document Type: Article

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