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Genetic variation within the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis in women with recurrent miscarriage.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Oct 2010
Hanna Courtney W, Bretherick Karla L, Liu Chi-Chao, Stephenson Mary D, Robinson Wendy P
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BACKGROUND: Recurrent miscarriage affects 1-2% of couples trying to conceive, and is idiopathic in nearly half. Female fertility is controlled by the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis and we hypothesize that genetic polymorphisms affecting the function of genes involved in regulating the HPO axis will be associated with recurrent miscarriage. METHODS: Whole peripheral blood DNA from 227 women with...
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