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The carriage of pro-inflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms in recurrent pregnancy loss.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Jan 2001
Reid J G, Simpson N A, Walker R G, Economidou O, Shillito J, Gooi H C, Duffy S R, Walker J J
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PROBLEM: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) affects 2-4% of couples, and remains largely unexplained. Recent studies have examined the role of cytokines in the maintenance of normal pregnancy, which is linked with an increased expression of Th2 cytokines. Overexpression of Th1 cytokines is associated...
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