Interethnic variability in birth weight and genetic background: a study of placental alkaline phosphatase.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199612)101:4<449::AID-AJPA1>3.0.CO;2-R

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Interethnic variability in birth weight and genetic background: a study of placental alkaline phosphatase.

American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Dec 1996

Amante A, Borgiani P, Gimelfarb A, Gloria-Bottini F

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The relationship between human placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) genotype and birth weight is investigated in a sample of white, black and Puerto-Rican new-born infants from New Haven, Connecticut (total 710 subjects). Black and Puerto-Rican infants show a higher incidence of growth retardation and a higher frequency of ALPp*1/*1 genotype as compared to whites. The proportion of newborns with a low birth...

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