Impact of age on reproductive outcome in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions and infertility of immune etiology

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 408-414

  Ruiz, A M ^a   Kwak, J Y H ^a   Kwak, F M ^a   Beer, A E ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Immunotherapy; Infertility; Recurrent spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; HEPARIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; PHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0029877367     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00502.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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