Immunology: High fecundity rates following in- vitro fertilization and embryo transfer in antiphospholipid antibody seropositive women treated with heparin and aspirin

Human Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 2278-2283

  Sher, Geoffrey ^a,c   Feinman, Michael ^b,c   Zouves, Christo ^c   Kuttner, Gordon ^c   Maassarani, Ghanima ^c   Salem, Rifaat ^c   Matzner, William ^d   Ching, Wendell ^d,e   Chong, Penny ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Pacific Fertility Medical Center   (United States)

^d Reproductive Immunology Associates   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Aspirin; Fecundity; Heparin; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PELVIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0028592661     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138437     Document Type: Article

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