Genetics of preterm labour.

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The identification of women at risk of preterm labour remains an important challenge. While current prevention programmes rely on overt clinical and environmental parameters, the clustering of preterm labour within families and recurrence in susceptible women presents the case for a complex underlying genetic predisposition. Genetic polymorphisms are useful markers to identify high risk groups, although they...

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