Haptoglobin and birth weight in a Bengalee population
β Scribed by Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay
- Book ID
- 101439135
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 271 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1042-0533
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β¦ Synopsis
A close relationship between birth weight and synthesis of haptoglobin was found in a study of cord blood derived from newborns. Newborn infants with detectable haptoglobin types showed, on average, significantly higher birth weight than those without detectable haptoglobin types under normal conditions. o 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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