Maternal HLA class II alleles predispose to pregnancy losses in Danish women with recurrent spontaneous abortions and their female relatives

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-244

  Christiansen, Ole B ^a   Pedersen, Bjørn ^a   Mathiesen, Ole ^a   Husth, Merete ^a   Grunnet, Niels ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

HLA antigens; HLD DR antigens; Pregnancy loss; Recurrent spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0030007413     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00037.x     Document Type: Article

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