Article
Maternal-fetal interaction in the ABO system: a comparative analysis of healthy mothers and couples with recurrent spontaneous abortion suggests a protective effect of B incompatibility.
Human biology - 1 Apr 2001
Bottini N, Meloni G F, Finocchi A, Ruggiu G, Amante A, Meloni T, Bottini E
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the possible differential effects of A and B blood group materno-fetal incompatibility on human fertility through a comparative analysis of couples with recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) and healthy mothers. ABO phenotype was determined in 5180 healthy mothers and their newborn babies from the population of Sassari (Sardinia) and in 1359 healthy puerperae (women who have just given birth) from...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Abortion, Spontaneous
- Adult
- Blood Group Incompatibility
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Italy
- Linear Models
- Male
- Maternal-Fetal Exchange
- Phenotype