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The PROGINS progesterone receptor gene polymorphism and idiopathic recurrent miscarriage.
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation - 1 Jan 2000
Kurz C, Tempfer C B, Boecskoer S, Unfried G, Nagele F, Hefler L A
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OBJECTIVE: Progesterone inhibits lymphocyte cytotoxicity, natural killer cell degranulation, and release of proinflammatory cytokines and has been shown to protect against spontaneous miscarriage. We investigated the association between idiopathic recurrent miscarriage (IRM) and the PROGINS 306 base pair insertion polymorphism in intron G of the progesterone receptor gene, which is known to segregate with...
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