A modest but significant effect of CGB5 gene promoter polymorphisms in modulating the risk of recurrent miscarriage

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Rull, Kristiina ^a   Christiansen, Ole Bjarne ^b,c   Nagirnaja, Liina ^a   Steffensen, Rudi ^c   Margus, Tõnu ^a,d   Laan, Maris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

association study; CGB5 promoter polymorphisms; hCG beta coding genes; Recurrent miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CGB5 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 84878511605     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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