Genetic polymorphism in an inflammasome component, cervical mycoplasma detection and female infertility in women undergoing in vitro fertilization

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-175

  Witkin, Steven S ^a   Bierhals, Katrin ^b   Linhares, Iara ^a,c   Normand, Neil ^a   Dieterle, Stefan ^b,d   Neuer, Andreas ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Clinical Center Dortmund   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

CIAS1; In vitro fertilization; Infertility; Inflammasome; Mycoplasma; NALP3

Indexed keywords

CRYOPYRIN; DNA; INTERLEUKIN 1;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; MYCOPLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTEINS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 76749107482     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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