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A likelihood model that accounts for censoring due to fetal loss can accurately test the effects of maternal and fetal genotype on the probability of miscarriage.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2009
O'Donnell Colin I, Glueck Charles J, Fingerlin Tasha E, Glueck Deborah H
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OBJECTIVE: Heritable maternal and fetal thrombophilia and/or hypofibrinolysis are important causes of miscarriage. Under the constraint that fetal genotype is observed only after a live birth, estimating risk is complicated. Censoring prevents use of published statistical methodology. We propose techniques to determine whether increases in miscarriage are due to the fetal genotype, maternal genotype, or both....
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