A Potential Novel Spontaneous Preterm Birth Gene, AR, Identified by Linkage and Association Analysis of X Chromosomal Markers

• Minna K. Karjalainen ,

  * E-mail: minna.k.karjalainen@oulu.fi

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Johanna M. Huusko,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Johanna Ulvila,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Jenni Sotkasiira,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Aino Luukkonen,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Kari Teramo,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Jevon Plunkett,

  Affiliation Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

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• Verneri Anttila,

  Affiliations Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Aarno Palotie,

  Affiliations Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Ritva Haataja,

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Louis J. Muglia,

  Affiliation Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth, Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Childreńs Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Mikko Hallman

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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