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Association of combined maternal-fetal TNF-alpha gene G308A genotypes with preterm delivery: a gene-gene interaction study.
Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology - 1 Jan 2010
Liang Mingbin, Wang Xun, Li Jin, Yang Fan, Fang Zhian, Wang Lihua, Hu Yonghua, Chen Dafang
Abstract excerpt
Preterm delivery (PTD) is a complicated perinatal adverse event. We were interested in association of G308A polymorphism in tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) gene with PTD; so we conducted a genetic epidemiology study in Anqing City, Anhui Province, China. Case families and control families were all collected between July 1999 and June 2002. To control potential population stratification as we could, all...
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