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Genetic effects on the liability of developing pre-eclampsia and gestational hypertension.
American journal of medical genetics - 10 Apr 2000
Salonen Ros H, Lichtenstein P, Lipworth L, Cnattingius S
Abstract excerpt
Genetic factors are known to be important in the etiology of pre-eclampsia and possibly also gestational hypertension, but the degree of genetic influence has not been quantified. To estimate the genetic and environmental effects on the liability of developing pre-eclampsia and gestational hypertension, we cross-linked the population-based Swedish Twin Register and the Swedish Medical Birth Register. We included...
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