Insights into genetic susceptibility in the etiology of spontaneous preterm birth

Application of Clinical Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 283-290

  Parets, Sasha E ^a   Knight, Anna K ^b   Smith, Alicia K ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Candidate gene; Epigenetic; GWAS; Linkage; PTB

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GESTATION PERIOD; HERITABILITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS PRETERM BIRTH;

EID: 84949958040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1178704X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/TACG.S58612     Document Type: Review

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