A genome-wide scan in affected sibling pairs with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage suggests genetic linkage

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 379-385

  Kolte, A M ^a   Nielsen, H S ^a   Moltke, I ^b   Degn, B ^c   Pedersen, B ^d   Sunde, L ^e   Nielsen, F C ^f   Christiansen, O B ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Fertility Clinic Dronninglund   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Affected sibling pair analysis; Epidemiology; Genome wide linkage study; Recurrent miscarriage; Risk of miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SIBLING;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79957444494     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar003     Document Type: Article

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