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[Selected cytokine gene polymorphisms and the risk of preterm delivery in the population of Polish women].
Ginekologia polska - 1 Feb 2009
Kalinka Jarosław, Bitner Adam
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Recent studies suggest that preterm delivery might be conditioned genetically. The main aim of this study was to examine the relationship between spontaneous preterm delivery (PTD) and the carriage of polymorphic genes that code the following cytokines: interleukin-1beta [IL1beta (+3953C>T)], interleukin-6 promoter [IL6 (-174G>C)], tumour necrosis factor-alpha promoter [TNFalpha (-308G>A)] and...
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