Role of Foxp3 Gene in Maternal Susceptibility to Pre-eclampsia - A Study From South India

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-108

  Jahan, P ^a   Sreenivasagari, R ^a   Goudi, D ^a   Komaravalli, P L ^a   Ishaq, M ^a   Parveen, J ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; EXON 2; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; EXONS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84872839381     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2012.02760.x     Document Type: Article

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