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Preterm delivery and cytokine gene polymorphisms.
The Journal of reproductive medicine - 1 Apr 2006
Mattar Rosiane, de Souza Eduardo, Daher Silvia
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of preterm delivery with polymorphisms of IL-6, IL-10, IFN-gamma, TGFbeta1 and TNF-alpha genes. STUDY DESIGN: The study group consisted of 45 Caucasian, 81 mixed race and 13 black women with a history of preterm labor, consecutively referred. All of them had delivered before 37 weeks' gestation. The control group was composed of 56 Caucasian, 48 mixed race and 15 black...
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