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STAT3 polymorphisms linked with idiopathic recurrent miscarriages.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Jan 2010
Finan Ramzi R, Mustafa Fekriya E, Al-Zaman Intissar, Madan Samira, Issa Abdalla A, Almawi Wassim Y
Abstract excerpt
PROBLEM: We investigated the association of signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT)3 gene variants with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage (RM). METHOD OF STUDY: A case-control study involving 189 RM patients and 244 control women was carried out. STAT3 (rs1053004 and rs1023023) genotyping was performed by allelic discrimination/real-time PCR method. RESULTS: STAT3 rs1053004 C allele [OR (95% CI)...
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