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Fol. Biol. 2018, 64, 65-69

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2018064020065

First Bosnian Study of the Relationship between APOE rs7412 and rs429358 Variants and Pregnancy Loss

Grażyna Adler1, E. Mahmutbegovic2, I. Uzar3, M. A. Adler4, N. Mahmutbegovic5, A. Valjevac6

1Department of Studies in Antropogenetics and Biogerontology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
2Institution of Health Protection of Women and Motherhood Canton Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
3Department of General Pharmacology and Pharmacoeconomics, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
4Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
5Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
6Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Center for Genetics, Medical Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Received April 2018
Accepted May 2018

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