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Extremely skewed X-chromosome inactivation is increased in pre-eclampsia.
Human genetics - 1 Mar 2007
Uz Elif, Dolen Ismail, Al Atakan R, Ozcelik Tayfun
Abstract excerpt
Pre-eclampsia is a disorder that affects approximately 5% of pregnancies. We tested the hypothesis that skewed X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) could be involved in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia. Peripheral blood DNA was obtained from 67 pre-eclampsia patients and 130 control women. Androgen receptor (AR) was analyzed by the HpaII/polymerase chain reaction assay to assess XCI patterns in DNA extracted from...
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