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Collagen 1Alpha1 and transforming growth factor-beta polymorphisms in women with cervical insufficiency.
Obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Sept 2007
Warren Jennifer E, Silver Robert M, Dalton Jess, Nelson Lesa T, Branch D Ware, Porter T Flint
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate whether polymorphisms in the collagen 1Alpha1 gene (COL1Alpha1) and the transforming growth factor-beta gene (TGF-beta;1) are more common in women with cervical insufficiency than in those without the condition. METHODS: Medical, obstetric, and family histories and blood were obtained from women with (n=121) and those without (n=165) cervical insufficiency. DNA was extracted and purified by...
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