Effectiveness Of Progesterone In Reducing Preterm Births May Be Altered By Genetic Predisposition

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 09:38 in Health & Medicine

March of Dimes will honor new research that may explain why 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate treatments, (17P), prevents preterm births for some women, but not others. Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant death in the United States and babies who survive face serious lifelong health problems.

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