[Duffy blood group in malformed newborns and their mothers].

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[Duffy blood group in malformed newborns and their mothers].

Revista medica de Chile - 1 Sept 1994

Cifuentes L, Nazer J, Armanet L, Ruiz G, Vargas J

Abstract excerpt

The aim of this work is to analyze the distribution of Duffy blood group and the reproductive history of 148 malformed newborns and their mothers compared to 131 control pairs. The mother-child segregation of the system is analyzed using ITO matrixes. A higher frequency of heterozygote mothers fo...

Topics

Case-Control Studies
Congenital Abnormalities
Duffy Blood-Group System
Female
Gene Frequency
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Mothers
Phenotype

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