Publications by authors named "Adriana Policastro"
Purpose: to investigate the association between gene polymorphism of the progesterone receptor (PROGINS) and the risk of premature birth.
Methods: In this case-control study, 57 women with previous premature delivery (Case Group) and 57 patients with delivery at term in the current pregnancy and no history of preterm delivery (Control Group) were selected. A 10 mL amount of peripheral blood was collected by venipuncture and genomic DNA was extracted followed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) under specific conditions for this polymorphism and 2% agarose gel electrophoresis.