Preterm birth in Caucasians is associated with coagulation and inflammation pathway gene variants.

Spontaneous preterm birth (<37 weeks gestation-PTB) occurs in approximately 12% of pregnancies in the United States, and is the largest contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality. PTB is a complex disease, potentially induced by several etiologic factors from multiple pathophysiologic pathwa...

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Main Authors: Digna R Velez, Stephen J Fortunato, Poul Thorsen, Salvatore J Lombardi, Scott M Williams, Ramkumar Menon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2553267?pdf=render