Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 4 , Page e20 , 1 March 2010

Apolipoprotein E4 allele and recurrent pregnancy loss: Is it time to draw a conclusion?

  • Hong-liang Zhang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
    • Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jiang Wu, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

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PII: S0015-0282(09)04182-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.014

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