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Tumour necrosis factor (-308A) polymorphism in pre-eclampsia: meta-analysis of 16 case-control studies.
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology - 1 Dec 2008
Bombell Sarah, McGuire William
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BACKGROUND: The guanine to adenine transition at position -308 nucleotides in the tumour necrosis factor promoter region (TNF -308A) is a putative genetic risk factor for pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (PE/E). However, association studies have reported conflicting findings and have generally been underpowered to exclude modest effect sizes. AIM: To assess and synthesise the available evidence for the association of the...
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