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Urotensin-II 143 G/A polymorphism is not associated with the risk of preeclampsia in Korean women.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Nov 2011
Na Sunghoon, Shim Jae-Yoon, Jung Bok-Kyung, Won Hye-Sung, Lee Pil Ryang, Kim Ahm
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PROBLEM: Urotensin-II (UTS-II) may be associated with preeclampsia. We therefore assessed whether the UTS-II 143 G/A polymorphism is associated with preeclampsia in Korean women. METHOD OF STUDY: This prospective case-control study enrolled 109 patients with preeclampsia and 144 healthy pregnant controls, all of whom were genotyped for the UTS-II 143 G/A polymorphism using the real-time TaqMan SNP Genotyping...
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