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Anomalous inheritance of a paternally derived trophoblast antigen.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Mar 1996
Rezai A, Underwood J L, Jalali G R, Mathias S, Allen W R, Mowbray J F
Abstract excerpt
PROBLEM: Recurrent spontaneous abortion occurs in 1 in 500 random matings and usually results in abortion of all pregnancies. If absence of antibody to a paternally derived antigen caused abortion, the woman would be expected to make antibody to the other paternal antigen and abort only half her pregnancies. METHODS: Microvesicles were prepared from equine placentae. Acid-eluted IgG antibody was eluted from the...
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