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Genetics, Vol 119, 199-204, Copyright © 1988
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HLA-Sharing, Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion, and the Genetic Hypothesis
P. W. Hedrick
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
A number of studies indicates that there is a high sharing of HLA antigens in couples having recurrent spontaneous abortions. The genetic hypothesis to explain this phenomenon suggests that this fetal loss results from homozygosity of recessive lethal or deleterious alleles in gametic disequilibrium with HLA antigens. Theory predicting the lethality rate is derived when antigens are shared at one, two or three loci, given that the disequilibrium is absolute. In addition, the effects of partial disequilibrium, inbreeding, and segregation distortion on the lethal proportion are examined.
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