Association of VEGF genetic polymorphisms with recurrent spontaneous abortion risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Xu, Xinghua ^a,b,c,d,e   Du, Chigang ^a   Li, Huihui ^f,g   Du, Jing ^a,b,c,d,e   Yan, Xue ^h   Peng, Lina ^a   Li, Guangyao ^a   Chen, Zi Jiang ^b,c,d,e,f,g  

^a LIAOCHENG PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine   (China)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE GENETICS   (China)

^e BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^f SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^g Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics   (China)

^h Tianjin Third Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; RECURRENT SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR GENE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PUBLISHING; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK FACTOR;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PUBLICATION BIAS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84928386703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123696     Document Type: Article

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