Maternal angiotensinogen (<it>AGT</it>) haplotypes, fetal renin (<it>REN</it>) haplotypes and risk of preeclampsia; estimation of gene-gene interaction from family-triad data

• Main Authors: Gjessing Håkon K (Author), Jugessur Astanand (Author), Wee Line (Author), Vefring Hege K (Author), Nilsen Stein T (Author), Lie Rolv T (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Preeclampsia is a debilitating disorder affecting approximately 3% of pregnant women in the Western world. Although inconclusive, current evidence suggests that the renin-angiotensin system may be involved in hypertension. Therefore,...