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SUBMITTER: Garza-Veloz I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3112063 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Garza-Veloz Idalia I Castruita-De la Rosa Claudia C Cortes-Flores Raul R Martinez-Gaytan Victoria V Rivera-Muñoz Jose E JE Garcia-Mayorga Elda A EA Meza-Lamas Esteban E Rojas-Martinez Augusto A Ortiz-Lopez Rocio R Martinez-Fierro Margarita L ML
BMC pregnancy and childbirth 20110516
<h4>Background</h4>Preeclampsia (PE) is the first worldwide cause of death in pregnant women, intra-uterine growth retardation, and fetal prematurity. Some vascular endothelial grown factor gene (VEGF) polymorphisms have been associated to PE and other pregnancy disturbances. We evaluated the associations between VEGF genotypes/haplotypes and PE in Mexican women.<h4>Methods</h4>164 pregnant women were enrolled in a case-control study (78 cases and 86 normotensive pregnant controls). The rs699947 ...[more]