Erythrocyte acid phosphatase polymorphism: relationship with birth weight, duration of gestation, and congenital abnormalities.

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Erythrocyte acid phosphatase polymorphism: relationship with birth weight, duration of gestation, and congenital abnormalities.

Early human development - 1 Jan 2000

Ward R D

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No statistically significant relationships were observed between the red blood cell acid phosphatase polymorphism (ACP-1) and birth weight, duration of gestation and proportion of preterm infants in a large series of newborn infants (greater than 8000) in Cardiff. These results are contrasted wit...

Topics

Acid Phosphatase
Birth Weight
Congenital Abnormalities
Erythrocytes
Fetal Blood
Genotype
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Polymorphism, Genetic

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