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SUBMITTER: Liu GJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5436275 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Guang-Jian GJ He Jian-Rong JR Kuang Ya-Shu YS Fan Xue-Jiao XJ Li Wei-Dong WD Lu Jin-Hua JH Xia Xiao-Yan XY Liu Xiao-Dan XD Chen Nian-Nian NN Mai Wei-Bi WB Xia Hui-Min HM Qiu Xiu X
Molecular medicine reports 20170412 6
Preterm birth is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in infants. Its etiology is multifactorial with genes and immune homeostasis. The authors investigated whether prostaglandin (PG) synthesis related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) PLA2G4C rs1366442 and PLA2G4D rs4924618 were associated with the risk of spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) in a Chinese population of 114 cases of SPTB and 250 controls of term delivery. The risk associations were determined by odds ratios (ORs) and th ...[more]