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Progesterone receptor genotype, family history, and spontaneous preterm birth.
Obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Apr 2010
Manuck Tracy A, Major Heather D, Varner Michael W, Chettier Rakesh, Nelson Lesa, Esplin M Sean
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OBJECTIVE: To examine whether women with a personal or family history of preterm birth are more likely to have genetic variation in the human progesterone receptor (hPR). METHODS: Women with a singleton preterm birth at less than 37 weeks of gestation between 2002 and 2006 were identified from a prospectively collected clinical and biologic obstetric database (cases). Women in the control group were those with...
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