The genomics of preterm birth: From animal models to human studies

Genome Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Bezold, Katherine Y ^a   Karjalainen, Minna K ^b   Hallman, Mikko ^b   Teramo, Kari ^c   Muglia, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84876696909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gm438     Document Type: Review

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