Mid-trimester loss - Appraisal of a screening protocol

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1975-1980

  Drakeley, A J ^a   Quenby, S ^a   Farquharson, R G ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Mid trimester loss; Recurrent miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFECTION; RECURRENT ABORTION; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

EID: 0031850746     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.7.1975     Document Type: Article

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