Renin gene restriction fragment length polymorphisms do not show linkage with preeclampsia and eclampsia.

doi:10.3109/00016349409013385

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Renin gene restriction fragment length polymorphisms do not show linkage with preeclampsia and eclampsia.

Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 1994

Arngrímsson R, Geirsson R T, Cooke A, Connor M, Björnsson S, Walker J J

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate linkage between the renin gene restriction fragment length polymorphisms in families with a history of preeclampsia/eclampsia. METHODS: Nine Icelandic families with at least three affected females in two or three generations were investigated. DNA from lymphocytes was di...

Topics

Alleles
Eclampsia
Female
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Iceland
Pedigree
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Pre-Eclampsia
Pregnancy
Recombination, Genetic
Renin

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