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.