No association between apolipoprotein E polymorphisms and recurrent pregnancy loss.
Our study does not support the reported association between APOE and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) than the clinical management of these patients should not be influenced by the presence or not of APO E polymorphisms.
Bianca
Sebastiano
S
Dipartimento Materno Infantile, Centro di Consulenza Genetica e di Teratologia della Riproduzione, Laboratorio di Citogenetica, ARNAS Garibaldi Nesima, Catania, Italy. sebastiano.bianca@tiscali.it
Barrano
Barbara
B
Cutuli
Nunzio
N
Indaco
Lara
L
Cataliotti
Antonella
A
Milana
Gabriella
G
Barone
Chiara
C
Ettore
Giuseppe
G
D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000235:genetics*; D053318:Apolipoprotein E3 / Q000235:genetics*; D053327:Apolipoprotein E4 / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors
D053318:Apolipoprotein E3; D053327:Apolipoprotein E4