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Preeclampsia
Inherited Thrombophilia Not Linked To Development
October 4th, 2001
by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Genetic predisposition to thrombotic disorders is not a risk factor for preeclampsia, a metabolic disorder experienced by some women in the latter stages of pregnancy, researchers in the United States report. Dr. Baha M. Sibai and colleagues at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Tennessee conducted a study to "determine whether maternal or fetal genotype frequencies of the inherited thrombophilic gene mutations (factor V Leiden, methylenetetrahydrofolate, and prothrombin) are altered in severe preeclampsia." No evidence was found suggesting a link between these polymorphisms and the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2001-10-04)
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