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A Case-Control Study of the APELA Gene and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) - 26 Apr 2022
Shimada Naomi, Nakayama Tomohiro, Umemura Hiroshi, Kawana Kei, Yamamoto Tatsuo, Uchigasaki Seisaku
Abstract excerpt
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs) are believed to comprise a group of multifactorial genetic diseases. Recently, it was reported that APELA-knockout mice exhibited HDP-like symptoms, including proteinuria and elevated blood pressure due to defective placental angiogenesis. The aim of the present study is to determine the associations between HDPs and single-nucleotide variants or haplotypes in the human...
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