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SUBMITTER: Marginean CO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6760549 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mărginean Cristina Oana CO Mărginean Claudiu C Bănescu Claudia C Meliţ Lorena Elena LE Tripon Florin F Iancu Mihaela M
Pediatric research 20190221 6
<h4>Background</h4>The aim of this study was to evaluate the direct effects of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP9 rs17577, MMP9 rs17576) and alfa 2 adrenergic receptor (ADRA2A rs553668) gene polymorphisms investigated in mothers and their newborns on maternal weight gain (MWG) during pregnancy and the newborn's birth weight (BW), taking into account the presence of other related factors.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a cross-sectional study in 197 mother-newborn pairs in an Obstetrics Gynecology Clini ...[more]