Maternal Whole Blood Gene Expression at 18 and 28 Weeks of Gestation Associated with Spontaneous Preterm Birth in Asymptomatic Women.

The heterogeneity of spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) requires an interdisciplinary approach to determine potential predictive risk factors of early delivery. The aim of this study was to investigate maternal whole blood gene expression profiles associated with spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB, <3...

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Main Authors: Yujing J Heng, Craig E Pennell, Sheila W McDonald, Angela E Vinturache, Jingxiong Xu, Mary W F Lee, Laurent Briollais, Andrew W Lyon, Donna M Slater, Alan D Bocking, Lawrence de Koning, David M Olson, Siobhan M Dolan, Suzanne C Tough, Stephen J Lye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4917227?pdf=render