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Association between preeclampsia and prostasin polymorphism in Pakistani females

Saima Ejaz, Anwar Ali, Kamran Azim, Atif Mahmood, Asif I. Khan, Tuline A. Almazyad and Bushra Bilal
Saudi Medical Journal November 2020, 41 (11) 1234-1240; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.11.25497
Saima Ejaz
From the Department of Physiology (Ejaz, Almazyad), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Physiology (Ali), University of Karachi, from the Department of Bioscience (Azim, Bilal), Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, from the Department of Pathology (Khan), Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and from the Department of Physiology (Mahmood), Bhitai Medical and Dental College, Mirpur Khas, Pakistan
M.Phil, PhD
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Anwar Ali
From the Department of Physiology (Ejaz, Almazyad), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Physiology (Ali), University of Karachi, from the Department of Bioscience (Azim, Bilal), Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, from the Department of Pathology (Khan), Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and from the Department of Physiology (Mahmood), Bhitai Medical and Dental College, Mirpur Khas, Pakistan
MSc, PhD
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Kamran Azim
From the Department of Physiology (Ejaz, Almazyad), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Physiology (Ali), University of Karachi, from the Department of Bioscience (Azim, Bilal), Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, from the Department of Pathology (Khan), Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and from the Department of Physiology (Mahmood), Bhitai Medical and Dental College, Mirpur Khas, Pakistan
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Atif Mahmood
From the Department of Physiology (Ejaz, Almazyad), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Physiology (Ali), University of Karachi, from the Department of Bioscience (Azim, Bilal), Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, from the Department of Pathology (Khan), Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and from the Department of Physiology (Mahmood), Bhitai Medical and Dental College, Mirpur Khas, Pakistan
MBBS, M.Phil
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Asif I. Khan
From the Department of Physiology (Ejaz, Almazyad), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Physiology (Ali), University of Karachi, from the Department of Bioscience (Azim, Bilal), Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, from the Department of Pathology (Khan), Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and from the Department of Physiology (Mahmood), Bhitai Medical and Dental College, Mirpur Khas, Pakistan
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Tuline A. Almazyad
From the Department of Physiology (Ejaz, Almazyad), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Physiology (Ali), University of Karachi, from the Department of Bioscience (Azim, Bilal), Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, from the Department of Pathology (Khan), Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and from the Department of Physiology (Mahmood), Bhitai Medical and Dental College, Mirpur Khas, Pakistan
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Bushra Bilal
From the Department of Physiology (Ejaz, Almazyad), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from the Department of Physiology (Ali), University of Karachi, from the Department of Bioscience (Azim, Bilal), Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, from the Department of Pathology (Khan), Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and from the Department of Physiology (Mahmood), Bhitai Medical and Dental College, Mirpur Khas, Pakistan
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