Apolipoprotein E4 allele and recurrent pregnancy loss: Is it time to draw a conclusion?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

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

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77049115379     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.014     Document Type: Letter

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