The role of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism on the peripheral blood natural killer cell proportion in women with unexplained recurrent miscarriages |
Park, Chan-Woo
(Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine)
Han, Ae-Ra (Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine) Kim, Joanne-Kwak (Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) Park, So-Yeon (Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine) Han, Jung-Yeol (Division of Feto-maternal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine) Koong, Mi-Kyoung (Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine) Song, In-Ok (Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine) Yang, Kwang-Moon (Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Cheil General Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine) |
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