Maternal Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin Mutations Do Not Seem to Contribute to the Occurrence of Two or More Than Two Consecutive Miscarriages in Caucasian patients

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 518-521

  Baumann, Kristin ^a   Beuter Winkler, Petra ^b   Hackethal, Andreas ^c   Strowitzki, Thomas ^b   Toth, Bettina ^b   Bohlmann, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Factor V Leiden mutation; MTHFR (C677T) polymorphism; Prothrombin (G20210A) mutation; Recurrent miscarriage; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; PROTHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; KARYOTYPE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THROMBOPHILIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUTATION; RECURRENT ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR V; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTHROMBIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84887628676     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12144     Document Type: Article

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