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Evaluation of the prothrombin gene polymorphism in patients with advanced retinopathy of prematurity.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2000
Hiraoka M, Shastry B S
Abstract excerpt
It has been reported recently that a common genetic variant in the 3'-untranslated region of the prothrombin gene is associated with a significant fraction of premature births. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prothrombin gene polymorphism in a large cohort of patients with preterm birth and advanced retinopathy of prematurity. For this purpose, the leukocyte DNAs were analyzed for the mutation...
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