Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

The genetic architecture of sporadic and multiple consecutive miscarriage

  • Triin Laisk,
  • Ana Luiza G. Soares,
  • Teresa Ferreira,
  • Jodie N. Painter,
  • Jenny C. Censin,
  • Samantha Laber,
  • Jonas Bacelis,
  • Chia-Yen Chen,
  • Maarja Lepamets,
  • Kuang Lin,
  • Siyang Liu,
  • Iona Y. Millwood,
  • Avinash Ramu,
  • Jennifer Southcombe,
  • Marianne S. Andersen,
  • Ling Yang,
  • Christian M. Becker,
  • Anders D. Børglum,
  • Scott D. Gordon,
  • Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm,
  • Øyvind Helgeland,
  • David M. Hougaard,
  • Xin Jin,
  • Stefan Johansson,
  • Julius Juodakis,
  • Christiana Kartsonaki,
  • Viktorija Kukushkina,
  • Penelope A. Lind,
  • Andres Metspalu,
  • Grant W. Montgomery,
  • Andrew P. Morris,
  • Ole Mors,
  • Preben B. Mortensen,
  • Pål R. Njølstad,
  • Merete Nordentoft,
  • Dale R. Nyholt,
  • Margaret Lippincott,
  • Stephanie Seminara,
  • Andres Salumets,
  • Harold Snieder,
  • Krina Zondervan,
  • Thomas Werge,
  • Zhengming Chen,
  • Donald F. Conrad,
  • Bo Jacobsson,
  • Liming Li,
  • Nicholas G. Martin,
  • Benjamin M. Neale,
  • Rasmus Nielsen,
  • Robin G. Walters,
  • Ingrid Granne,
  • Sarah E. Medland,
  • Reedik Mägi,
  • Deborah A. Lawlor,
  • Cecilia M. Lindgren

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19742-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Miscarriage affects around 15% of clinically confirmed pregnancies. Here the authors carry out a large genome-wide association study for sporadic and multiple consecutive miscarriage and suggest links with placental biology.