Excess of HLA parental sharing in families with Turner patients.

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In utero selection processes are probably related to mother-father compatibility as has been reported in abortion-prone couples and in Down syndrome studies. In order to analyse this phenomenon, we investigated families with chromosomal imbalance (Turner syndrome). We chose this model because previous data indicated a high frequency of HLA-A31 and B38 in Turner patients and in their mothers. We report high HLA...

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