Ninety-five percent probability of paternity with HLA, ABO and haptoglobins

P I Terasaki; D Bernoco; D Gjertson; M R Mickey; S Perdue

doi:10.1016/0379-0738(78)90007-5

Ninety-five percent probability of paternity with HLA, ABO and haptoglobins

Forensic Sci Int. 1978 Nov-Dec;12(3):227-32. doi: 10.1016/0379-0738(78)90007-5.

Authors

P I Terasaki, D Bernoco, D Gjertson, M R Mickey, S Perdue

PMID: 738682
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(78)90007-5

Abstract

Using HLA tissue typing as the basic genetic test along with ABO and haptoglobin typing, it is generally possible either to exclude a putative father conclusively or, in nonexclusion cases, to assign a greater than 95% probability of paternity. In 22 of 53 nonexclusion cases, the putative father had a probability of paternity above 99% based on these genetic tests.

MeSH terms

ABO Blood-Group System*
HLA Antigens* / analysis
Haptoglobins / genetics*
Histocompatibility Testing
Humans
Male
Paternity*
Probability

Substances

ABO Blood-Group System
HLA Antigens
Haptoglobins