Infertility in women with pemphigus vulgaris and other autoimmune diseases

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 383-387

  Ouahes, N ^a   Qureshi, T A ^a   Ahmed, A R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFERTILITY; OVARY DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030946361     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(97)80213-7     Document Type: Article

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