Immuno-molecular etiology of recurrent pregnancy loss and the anthropological perspective

International Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 227-235

  Walia, Gagandeep Kaur ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Rupak ^b   Saraswathy, K N ^b   Puri, Manju ^c   Chahal, S M S ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Homogenous samples; Immunity; Pro inflammatory cytokines; Recurrent pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTHROPOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; TH1 CELL;

EID: 75749121921     PISSN: 09723757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09723757.2008.11886033     Document Type: Review

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