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Toll-like receptor gene polymorphisms and preeclampsia risk: a case-control study and data synthesis.
Hypertension in pregnancy - 1 Jan 2010
Xie Fang, Hu Yuxiang, Speert David P, Turvey Stuart E, Peng Gang, Money Deborah M, Magee Laura A, von Dadelszen Peter
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BACKGROUND: Preeclampsia is a syndrome of exaggerated innate inflammatory response. It is plausible that this innate inflammation may be mediated by Toll-like receptors (TLRs). A portion of the familial susceptibility to the development of preeclampsia may be mediated by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the TLR gene sequences. Published reports vary in their finding an association between TLR SNPs and...
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