Laboratory evaluation of women experiencing reproductive failure

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-420

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

^a GENETICS AND IVF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal immunologic tests; APA; CD56+ CD16 cells; ETA; LA; Post fertilization failures; TGT

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0029985251     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00503.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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