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Estrogen synthesis genes CYP19A1, HSD3B1, and HSD3B2 in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Endocrine - 1 Dec 2012
Shimodaira Masanori, Nakayama Tomohiro, Sato Ichiro, Sato Naoyuki, Izawa Noriko, Mizutani Yoshihiro, Furuya Kiyohide, Yamamoto Tatsuo
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension in pregnancy is a multifactorial disorder caused by a complex combination of environmental factors and several predisposing genes. Since estrogen modulates placental vascular development, estrogen synthases are considered plausible candidate genes. The aim of this haplotype-based case-control study was to estimate whether polymorphisms of the maternal estrogen synthesis genes (CYP19A1, HSD3B1 and...
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