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Published online 21 June 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050620-5
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Eggs donations are safer from sisters
Fertilization with eggs from unrelated donors raises risk of high blood pressure.
Women who receive eggs from relatives for fertility treatments have a healthier pregnancy than those who use eggs from unrelated donors, researchers say.
Sun-Hwa Cha and her colleagues at the Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine in Suw&ocaron;n, South Korea, found that using unrelated eggs significantly increases a patient's risk of developing chronic high blood pressure during pregnancy.
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