Analysis of ctla4 gene variant in infertile brazilian women with and without endometriosis

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-262

  Lerner, T G ^a   Bianco, B ^a   Teles, J S ^a   Vilarino, F L ^a   Christofolini, D M ^a   Barbosa, C P ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTLA4 GENE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANTIGENS, CD; BRAZIL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 79956263050     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2011.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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