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SUBMITTER: Workalemahu T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6497388 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 20180905 6
<h4>Background</h4>Abruptio placentae is a complex multifactorial disease that is associated with maternal and neonatal death and morbidity. Abruptio placentae's high recurrence rate, high prevalence of heritable thrombophilia among women with abruptio placentae, and aggregation of cases in families of women with the disease support the possibility of a genetic predisposition. Previous genome-wide and candidate gene association studies have identified single nucleotide polymorphisms in mitochond ...[more]