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Combined heterozygosity for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) mutations C677T and A1298C is associated with abruptio placentae but not with intrauterine growth restriction.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology - 1 Aug 2001
Gebhardt G S, Scholtz C L, Hillermann R, Odendaal H J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to investigate the involvement of MTHFR gene mutations C677T and A1298C implicated in vascular disease, in patients with abruptio placentae and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). STUDY DESIGN: DNA was extracted from blood samples of 54 patients with placental vasculopathy (18 patients with abruptio placentae and 36 with IUGR) and 114 control patients and amplified by the...
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