Antiphospholipid antibody panels and recurrent pregnancy loss: Prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies compared with other antiphospholipid antibodies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 540-546

  Yetman, D L ^a   Kutteh, W H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

anticardiolipin antibodies; antiphospholipid antibodies; Recurrent pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECURRENT ABORTION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0029812354     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)58565-3     Document Type: Article

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