Fetal But Not Maternal Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE)-2 Gene Rs2074192 Polymorphism is Associated with Increased Risk of Being a Small For Gestational Age (SGA) Newborn

• Main Authors: Jing He (Author), Yong-Ping Lu (Author), Jian Li (Author), Tao-Yuan Li (Author), Xin Chen (Author), Xu-Jing Liang (Author), Wen-Jing Chen (Author), Sai-Nan Pi (Author), Berthold Hocher (Author), You-Peng Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: The maternal and fetal Renin-Angiotensin-System is involved in the control of pregnancy outcomes such as blood pressure control and gestational age. However, very little is known about the impact of the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) on pregnancy outcome. We thus performed a...