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Haplotypes of heparin-binding epidermal-growth-factor-like growth factor gene are associated with pre-eclampsia.
The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research - 1 Jan 2012
Harendra Galhenagey Gayani, Jayasekara Rohan W, Dissanayake Vajira H W
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AIM: Heparin-binding epidermal-growth-factor-like growth factor (HBEGF) plays an important role in placentation, including impaired placentation, the primary defect seen in pre-eclampsia. We carried out a case-control disease-association study to examine the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the HBEGF gene and haplotypes defined by them with pre-eclampsia in a Sinhalese population in Sri...
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