Human leukocyte antigen matching and fetal loss: Results of a 10 year prospective study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-38

  Ober, Carole ^a   Hyslop, Terry ^b   Elias, Sherman ^c   Weitkamp, Lowell R ^d   Hauck, Walter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal loss; HLA; Hutterites; Maternal fetal compatibility

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GENOTYPE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031884702     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.1.33     Document Type: Article

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