Genetic variations in the interleukin-21 gene and the risk of recurrent idiopathic spontaneous miscarriage

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-126

  Messaoudi, Safia ^a   Al Khateeb, Ghada M ^b   Dendana, Maryam ^a   Sater, Mai S ^b   Jazia, Khaled B ^c   Nouira, Mounia ^c   Almawi, Wassim Y ^b   Mahjoub, Touhami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^c FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Interleukin 21; Polymorphisms; Spontaneous miscarriage

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 21;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTECTION; RECURRENT ABORTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960990632     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ecn.2011.0287     Document Type: Article

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