Association of polymorphisms in natural killer cell-related genes with Preterm Birth

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1208-1218

  Harmon, Quaker E ^a   Engel, Stephanie M ^a   Olshan, Andrew F ^a   Moran, Thomas ^a   Stuebe, Alison M ^a   Luo, Jingchun ^a   Wu, Michael C ^a   Avery, Christy L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; European Continental Ancestry Group; genetics; genetic association studies; inflammation; natural killer cells; premature birth

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 2; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR 2; INTERLEUKIN 12P35; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYTOPLASM; DNA; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; MATURATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYMORPHISM; TAGGING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; REGULATOR GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; INFLAMMATION; NATURAL KILLER CELLS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; RECEPTORS, KIR3DL2; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

NORTH CAROLINA; ORANGE; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WAKE COUNTY;

EID: 84885797329     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt108     Document Type: Article

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