Mapping a New Spontaneous Preterm Birth Susceptibility Gene, IGF1R, Using Linkage, Haplotype Sharing, and Association Analysis

Mapping a New Spontaneous Preterm Birth Susceptibility Gene, IGF1R, Using Linkage, Haplotype Sharing, and Association Analysis

Preterm birth is the major cause of neonatal death and serious morbidity. Most preterm births are due to spontaneous onset of labor without a known cause or effective prevention. Both maternal and fetal genomes influence the predisposition to spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB), but the susceptibility...

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Main Authors: Haataja, Ritva, Karjalainen, Minna K., Luukkonen, Aino, Teramo, Kari, Puttonen, Hilkka, Ojaniemi, Marja, Varilo, Teppo, Chaudhari, Bimal P., Murray, Jeffrey C., McCarroll, Steven A., Peltonen, Leena, Muglia, Louis J., Palotie, Aarno, Hallman, Mikko, Plunkett, Jevon
Other Authors: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64462

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