Sharing at the major histocompatibility complex affects the secondary sex ratio in differing ways

Human Heredity

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-165

  Astolfi, Paola ^a   Cuccia, Mariaclara ^a   Caruso, Calogero ^a   Favoino, Biagio ^a   Fazzari, Marianna ^a   Mantovani, Vilma ^a   Lulli, Patrizia ^a   Illeni, Maria Teresa ^a   Martinetti, Miryam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Histocompatibility; HLA sharing HLA DR; Human sex ratio Fertility; Mother child

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HLA SYSTEM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0029874872     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000154345     Document Type: Article

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