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Association of endothelial protein C receptor haplotypes, factor V Leiden and recurrent first trimester pregnancy
Pierre Hopmeier1, Helene Puehringer, Mick van Trotsenburg
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
Objectives:
We evaluated whether the endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) haplotypes A1 and A3 exert effects on the development of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) in association with factor V Leiden.
Design And Methods:
We determined the EPCR haplotypes A1 and A3 and factor V Leiden in 49 women with a history of RPL and 48 parous controls.
Results:
In carriers of factor V Leiden the A1 haplotype decreased the relative risk for RPL from 2.2 to 1.0.
Conclusions:
The EPCR A1 haplotype tends to modulate the risk for RPL in carriers of factor V Leiden.
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