Association between -238 but not -308 polymorphism of Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)v and unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (URSA) in Chinese population

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Liu, Chunmei ^a,b   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Zhou, Sirui ^a,b   Wang, Binbin ^a,b   Ma, Xu ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ISOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNEXPLAINED RECURRENT SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POPULATION GENETICS; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957155777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-8-114     Document Type: Article

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