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Common variants of fetal and maternal complement genes in preeclampsia: pregnancy specific complotype.
Scientific reports - 16 Mar 2020
Banadakoppa Manu, Balakrishnan Meena, Yallampalli Chandra
Abstract excerpt
Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy specific hypertensive disorder. If untreated PE leads to life threatening condition, eclampsia. Systemic complement activation levels are increased during pregnancy compared to non-pregnant women of childbearing age. In PE, systemic complement levels are further increased, and higher complement deposition has been observed on placentas. We hypothesize that combinations of common...
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