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Association of maternal killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors and parental HLA-C genotypes with recurrent miscarriage.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Apr 2008
Hiby S E, Regan L, Lo W, Farrell L, Carrington M, Moffett A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The natural killer (NK) cells at the site of placentation express killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) that can bind to human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-C molecules on trophoblast cells. Both these gene systems are polymorphic and an association of particular maternal KIR/fetal HLA-C genotypes has been shown in pre-eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia and recurrent miscarriage (RM) share the pathogenesis...
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