Antiphospholipid antibody prevalence in patients with IVF failure

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 388-393

  Kaider, Brian D ^a   Price, David E ^a   Roussev, Roumen G ^a   Coulam, Carolyn B ^a  

^a GENETICS AND IVF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

APA; IVF; Post IVF pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0029983903     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00499.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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