Polymorphisms in antithrombin and in tissue factor pathway inhibitor genes are associated with recurrent pregnancy loss

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 693-700

  Guerra Shinohara, Elvira M ^a   Bertinato, Juliano Felix ^a   Bueno, Carolina Tosin ^a   da Silva, Kelma Cordeiro ^a   de Carvalho, Mário Henrique Burlacchini ^a   Francisco, Rossana Pulcineli Vieira ^a   Zugaib, Marcelo ^a   Cerda, Alvaro ^a   Morelli, Vânia Maris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antithrombin; Gene polymorphisms; Miscarriages; Protein C; Recurrent pregnancy loss; Thrombomodulin; Tissue factor pathway inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; PROTEIN C; THROMBOMODULIN; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTITHROMBIN GENE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT ABORTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THROMBOMODULIN GENE; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR GENE;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTITHROMBIN III; BLOOD COAGULATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN C; THROMBOMODULIN;

EID: 84867251657     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-03-0177     Document Type: Article

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