Relationship of the protein Z intron F G79A and IL6 C634G gene polymorphisms with the risk of recurrent pregnancy loss in Egyptian women

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 655-660

  Abd El Hamid, Samah ^a   El Khayat, Waleed ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

IL6 C634G polymorphism; PCR RFLP; Protein Z intron F G79A polymorphism; Recurrent pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; IL6 GENE; INTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PZ GENE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT ABORTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 80053591754     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: 17088267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/jim.0b013e31820c9c90     Document Type: Article

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