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ALTHOUGH haptoglobin is almost always present in normal adult serums, it is demonstrable in only about 10 per cent of cord blood serums by the technique of starch-gel electrophoresis1. The factors accounting for this large percentage of ahaptoglobinæmic new-borns are obscure. The present communication is based on a survey of cord-blood serums undertaken in an attempt to evaluate some of the factors accounting for the high frequency of ahaptoglobinæmia in the new-born. At the same time, work was carried out to substantiate that the new-born baby with detectable haptoglobin produced it himself.
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RAUSEN, A., GERALD, P. & DIAMOND, L. Haptoglobin Patterns in Cord Blood Serums. Nature 191, 717 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191717a0
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