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Possible association of IL-4 VNTR polymorphism with susceptibility to preeclampsia.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2014
Salimi Saeedeh, Mohammadoo-Khorasani Milad, Yaghmaei Minoo, Mokhtari Mojgan, Moossavi Maryam
Abstract excerpt
Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy-specific disorder that results in maternal mortality and morbidity. Growing evidence indicated that cytokines are involved in the pathogenesis of PE and interleukin-4 VNTR polymorphism could be implicated in altering the PE risk. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible association between IL-4 VNTR polymorphism and susceptibility to PE in Iranian population for the...
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