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The genetic predisposition to produce high levels of TGF-beta1 impacts on the severity of eclampsia/pre-eclampsia.
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 2007
Stanczuk Grazyna A, Mccoy Melanie J, Hutchinson Ian V, Sibanda Elopy N
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the hypothesis that women who are genetically programmed to produce higher levels of transforming growth factor-beta 1 are more likely to develop severe eclampsia/pre-eclampsia. DESIGN: Case-control study. METHODS: Blood samples from women whose pregnancy was complicated by eclampsia (n=37) or pre-eclampsia (n=49) and healthy controls (n=86) were analyzed for the presence of...
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