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July 27, 2005

Donor Eggs from Sisters are Safer

Filed under: — The Editor @ 9:34 pm

Women who get pregnant using donated eggs are less likely to have blood pressure problems if the eggs come from a sister, Korean doctors have found.

Pregnancy-induced hypertension, which can be fatal, occurs more often in women needing donor eggs to conceive. Researchers found using an unrelated donor’s egg carried a 5.4 fold increased risk - but using a sibling egg raised the risk just 2.2 times.

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