Increased frequency of complement C4 'null' alleles in recurrent spontaneous abortions.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137273

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Increased frequency of complement C4 'null' alleles in recurrent spontaneous abortions.

Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Nov 1991

Laitinen T, Lokki M L, Tulppala M, Ylikorkala O, Koskimies S

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Typings for major histocompatibility antigens HLA A, B, C and DR and for complement C4A, C4B and factor B were performed for 59 Finnish couples experiencing at least three consecutive recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA). Forty-one of them were primary abortion (PA) couples with no children and...

Topics

Abortion, Habitual
Alleles
Complement C4
Female
Gene Frequency
Histocompatibility Testing
Humans
Male
Pregnancy

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