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HLA types of the partners in 1017 couples were determined. It appeared that there was statistically significant occurrence of like types more frequently than predicted by chance. The existence of ethnic or racial groups with characteristically different frequencies of the HLA types might explain the result.

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1. Department of Medical Microbiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 94305, Stanford, California
   Leon T. Rosenberg & Debra Cooperman
2. Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 94305, Stanford, California
   Rose Payn

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Rosenberg, L.T., Cooperman, D. & Payn, R. HLA and mate selection.Immunogenetics 17, 89–93 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00364292

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• Received: 03 September 1982
• Issue Date: January 1983
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00364292

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