Embryotoxicity as a marker for recurrent pregnancy loss

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 383-387

  Sargent, Ian L ^a,c   Dokras, Anuja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst development; Recurrent spontaneous abortion; Serum factors

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SOMITE;

EID: 0029874334     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00498.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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