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Association of -634G/C and 936C/T polymorphisms of the vascular endothelial growth factor with spontaneous preterm delivery.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 1 May 2004
Papazoglou Dimitrios, Galazios Georgios, Koukourakis Michael I, Kontomanolis Emmanuel N, Maltezos Efstratios
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BACKGROUND: There is convincing evidence for a central role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in fetal and placental angiogenesis. Our present study was undertaken to examine the possible relationship between two common functional VEGF gene polymorphisms (- 634G/C and 936C/T), linked with altered VEGF gene responsiveness, and spontaneous preterm delivery. METHODS: Genomic DNA was extracted from whole...
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