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Abruptio placentae risk and genetic variations in mitochondrial biogenesis and oxidative phosphorylation: replication of a candidate gene association study.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Dec 2018
Workalemahu Tsegaselassie, Enquobahrie Daniel A, Gelaye Bizu, Thornton Timothy A, Tekola-Ayele Fasil, Sanchez Sixto E, Garcia Pedro J, Palomino Henry G, Hajat Anjum, Romero Roberto, Ananth Cande V, Williams Michelle A
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BACKGROUND: Abruptio placentae is a complex multifactorial disease that is associated with maternal and neonatal death and morbidity. Abruptio placentae's high recurrence rate, high prevalence of heritable thrombophilia among women with abruptio placentae, and aggregation of cases in families of women with the disease support the possibility of a genetic predisposition. Previous genome-wide and candidate gene...
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