PLoS ONE
2013

Reduced Placental Telomere Length during Pregnancies Complicated by Intrauterine Growth Restriction

Jérôme Toutain, Martina Prochazkova-Carlotti, David Cappellen, Ana Jarne, Edith Chevret, Jacky Ferrer, Yamina Idrissi, Fanny Pelluard, Dominique Carles, Brigitte Maugey-Laulon, Didier Lacombe, Jacques Horovitz, Jean-Philippe Merlio, Robert Saura

Recent studies have shown that telomere length was significantly reduced in placentas collected at delivery from pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth restriction secondary to placental insufficiency. Placental telomere length measurement during ongoing pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth restriction has never been reported. This was the main objective of our study.

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