Genetic variation within the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis in women with recurrent miscarriage

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2664-2671

  Hanna, Courtney W ^a,b   Bretherick, Karla L ^c   Liu, Chi Chao ^b   Stephenson, Mary D ^a,d   Robinson, Wendy P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

hormone receptors; hypothalamus pituitary ovarian axis; infertility; recurrent miscarriage; SNP analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; DNA FRAGMENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 77956926547     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq211     Document Type: Article

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