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A genomewide linkage study of preeclampsia/eclampsia reveals evidence for a candidate region on 4q.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 1997
Harrison G A, Humphrey K E, Jones N, Badenhop R, Guo G, Elakis G, Kaye J A, Turner R J, Grehan M, Wilton A N, Brennecke S P, Cooper D W
Abstract excerpt
Preeclampsia (PE) and eclampsia (E) are potentially life-threatening conditions that can occur during human pregnancy. Generally considered to be different degrees of severity of the same disease process, the PE/E syndrome is thought to be predominantly genetic in origin, although its exact etiology and genetics are not fully understood. Here we report results of a genomewide linkage search for the gene(s)...
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