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High birth weight is associated with human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1*13 in full-term infants.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2004
Aroviita P, Partanen J, Sistonen P, Teramo K, Kekomäki R
Abstract excerpt
In cord blood banking, substantial amounts of data on infants and cord blood are gathered at high cost, including birth weights and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genotypes. As certain HLA alleles have been associated with protective host responses, it is possible that an HLA allele, or another factor linked to it, might even affect normal intrauterine growth. We explored cord blood bank data (n = 1381 infants) to...
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