A Potential Novel Spontaneous Preterm Birth Gene, AR, Identified by Linkage and Association Analysis of X Chromosomal Markers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Karjalainen, Minna K ^a   Huusko, Johanna M ^a   Ulvila, Johanna ^a   Sotkasiira, Jenni ^a   Luukkonen, Aino ^a   Teramo, Kari ^b   Plunkett, Jevon ^c   Anttila, Verneri ^d,e   Palotie, Aarno ^b,d,e,f   Haataja, Ritva ^a   Muglia, Louis J ^g   Hallman, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^g CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR GAMMA;

AR GENE; ARTICLE; CAG REPEAT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CHROMOSOME XQ; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IL2RG GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURE LABOR; REPLICATION STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPONTANEOUS PRETERM BIRTH; X CHROMOSOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETUS; FINLAND; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR COMMON GAMMA SUBUNIT; LOD SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 84870778839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051378     Document Type: Article

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