Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms (Promoter -786T/C, exon 894 G/T and intron G10T) in unexplained female infertility

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 89-93

  Karatas, Ahmet ^a   Eroz, Recep ^c   Bahadir, Anzel ^c   Keskin, Fatih ^c   Ozlu, Tulay ^a   Ozyalvacli, Mehmet Emin ^b  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Izzet Baysal Hospital   (Turkey)

^c DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

eNOS polymorphisms; Nitric oxide; Unexplained female infertility

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOTE; GENETICS; GENOME; NIDATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOME; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTRONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84896319434     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357442     Document Type: Article

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