Association of genetic variants, ethnicity and preterm birth with amniotic fluid cytokine concentrations

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-183

  Menon, Ramkumar ^a,b   Fortunato, Stephen J ^a   Edwards, Digna R Velez ^c   Williams, Scott M ^d  

^a Perinatal Research Center   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic associations; Inflammation; Interleukins; Prematurity; Preterm labor; SNPs

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ACCESSORY PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 10 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FETUS BLOOD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT; AMNION FLUID; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-8; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951898651     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2010.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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