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Maternal coding variants in complement receptor 1 and spontaneous idiopathic preterm birth.
Human genetics - 1 Aug 2013
McElroy Jude J, Gutman Courtney E, Shaffer Christian M, Busch Tamara D, Puttonen Hilkka, Teramo Kari, Murray Jeffrey C, Hallman Mikko, Muglia Louis J
Abstract excerpt
Preterm birth (PTB) is a major global public health concern. However, little is known about the pathophysiology of spontaneous idiopathic PTB. We tested the hypothesis that rare variants in families would target specific genes and pathways that contribute to PTB risk in the general population. Whole-exome sequencing was performed on 10 PTB mothers from densely affected families including two mother-daughter...
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