HLA-DR typing of women with recurrent late spontaneous abortion and unsuccessful cervical cerclage

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1079-1082

  Mohapeloa, Hanne ^a   Christiansen, Ole B ^a   Grunnet, Niels ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cervical cerclage; Cervical incompetence; HLA DR1; hLA DR3; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREMATURITY; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0031863842     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.4.1079     Document Type: Article

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