The reduced folate carrier-1 (RFC1 696T>C) polymorphism is associated with spontaneously aborted embryos in Koreans

Genes and Genomics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-228

  Jeon, Young Joo ^a,b   Choi, Yi Seul ^a,b   Rah, Hyung Chul ^a,b   Choi, Youngsok ^c   Yoon, Tae Ki ^c   Choi, Dong Hee ^a   Kim, Nam Keun ^a,b  

^a CHA Bundang Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c Fertility Center of CHA Gangnam Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Polymorphism; Reduced folate carrier 1 (RFC1); Spontaneously aborted embryos (SAEs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856238353     PISSN: 19769571     EISSN: 20929293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13258-011-0016-2     Document Type: Article

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