Polymorphisms of the angiotensin converting enzyme gene in Iranian Azeri Turkish women with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss

Human Fertility

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-82

  Bagheri, Morteza ^a   Abdi Rad, Isa ^b   Omrani, Mir D ^a   Nanbaksh, Fariba ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

ACE; Azeri Turkish women; unexplained RPL

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNEXPLAINED RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ALLELES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAN; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77955929319     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2010.484844     Document Type: Article

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