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Variation in hyaluronan-binding protein 2 (HABP2) promoter region is associated with unexplained female infertility.
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) - 1 May 2011
Altmäe Signe, Kallak Theodora Kunovac, Fridén Barbo, Stavreus-Evers Anneli
Abstract excerpt
We set up to analyze polymorphisms in hyaluronan-binding protein 2 (HABP2) gene in healthy fertile women (n = 158) and in women with unexplained infertility (n = 116) and to investigate the potential role of HABP2 in receptive endometrium. Minor rs1157916 A and the major rs2240879 A alleles together with AA genotypes were significantly less frequent in infertile women than in controls. Immunohistochemistry...
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