Aberrant DNA methylation of imprinted loci in human spontaneous abortions after assisted reproduction techniques and natural conception

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 265-273

  Zheng, Hai Yan ^a,b   Tang, Yan ^a   Niu, Jing ^a   Li, Pu ^a   Ye, De Sheng ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Shi, Xiao Yun ^c   Li, Li ^a   Chen, Shi Ling ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guiyang Women and Children's Hospital and Health Institute   (China)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction techniques; DNA methylation; imprinted genes; spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; LIT1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SNRPN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONCEPTION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INDUCED ABORTION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MUSCLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROSEQUENCING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84871203186     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des358     Document Type: Article

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