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Polymorphisms in the interleukin-12/18 genes and recurrent spontaneous abortion.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Nov 2007
Ostojić Sasa, Volk Marija, Medica Igor, Kapović Miljenko, Meden-Vrtovec Helena, Peterlin Borut
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PROBLEM: Interleukin (IL) IL-12/IL-18 are involved in uterine NK cells control of uterine vascular development. Polymorphisms in the IL-12/IL-18 genes could modify the cytokine balance, which might result in an increased susceptibility to recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA). METHOD OF STUDY: A case-control study was conducted to determine the association between the IL12 (I/D) and IL18 (-607C>A, -137G>C) gene...
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