Antiphospholipid antibodies in women having in-vitro fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1185-1189

  Birdsall, M A ^a   Lockwood, G M ^a   Ledger, W L ^a   Johnson, P M ^b   Chamley, L W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin antibodies; Antiphospholipid antibodies; Growth retardation; Implantation; IVF

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; FOLLITROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0030057947     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019352     Document Type: Article

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