Scientists Discover Genetic Changes that May Predispose Women to Preeclampsia

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

Lead investigator Jane Salmon, M.D., a rheumatologist at Hospital for Special Surgery, and colleagues uncovered genetic mutations in women with the autoimmune diseases associated with increased risk of preeclampsia, as well as in patients with preeclampsia who did not have an autoimmune disease.

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