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Leptin and leptin receptor polymorphisms and recurrent pregnancy loss.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association - 1 Aug 2013
Chin J R, Heuser C C, Eller A G, Branch D W, Nelson L T, Silver R M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Leptin signaling is important in the establishment of pregnancy. We sought to determine if single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the leptin and leptin receptor genes are associated with idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a case-control study with cases defined as women with idiopathic RPL and controls as parous women without pregnancy losses. A total of 99 cases...
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