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SUBMITTER: Schmid M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3833414 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schmid Maximilian M Grimm Christoph C Leipold Heinz H Knöfler Martin M Haslinger Peter P Egarter Christian C
Disease markers 20100101 1
Our aim was to investigate whether a genetic variation in the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 2 gene might be associated with preterm birth. In this case-control study we evaluated the G/A polymorphism (rs2267717) in intron 2 of the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 2 gene in one hundred women with preterm birth and one hundred healthy women with at least one uncomplicated full term pregnancy and no history of preterm birth. No significant correlation was found between the presen ...[more]