Association Between Maternal and Fetal TLR4 (896A>G, 1196C>T) Gene Polymorphisms And the Risk of Pre-term Birth in the Polish Population

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 272-280

  Bitner, Adam ^a   Sobala, Wojciech ^b   Kalinka, Jarolław ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Polymorphism; Pre term delivery; TLR4 1196C>T; TLR4 896A>G; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

FETAL ANTIGEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RISK; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERM BIRTH;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873524814     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12068     Document Type: Article

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