Genetic association studies in pre-eclampsia: Systematic meta-analyses and field synopsis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1764-1775

  Staines Urias, Eleonora ^a   Paez, María C ^b   Doyle, Pat ^a   Dudbridge, Frank ^a   Serrano, Norma C ^b   Ioannidis, John P A ^c,d,e   Keating, Brendan J ^f   Hingorani, Aroon D ^g   Casas, Juan P ^a,g  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BUCARAMANGA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidate gene; Genotype; Meta analysis; Polymorphism; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy hypertensive disorders; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

APOENZYME; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTHROMBIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN A;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; META-ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN; RISK FACTOR; URINE;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84872156900     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys162     Document Type: Article

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