HLA and Pregnancy: The Paradox of the Fetal Allograft

Carole Ober

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HLA and Pregnancy: The Paradox of the Fetal Allograft

Carole Ober

The American Journal of Human Genetics Vol. 62 No. 1 pp. 1-5 · Elsevier BV

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Carole Ober (1998). HLA and Pregnancy: The Paradox of the Fetal Allograft. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 62(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1086/301692

HLA and Pregnancy: The Paradox of the Fetal Allograft

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