The use of combined heparin/aspirin and immunoglobulin G therapy in the treatment of in vitro fertilization patients with antithyroid antibodies

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-225

  Sher, Geoffrey ^a,b,e   Maassarani, Ghanima ^a   Zouves, Christo ^f   Feinman, Michael ^a,b   Sohn, Sae ^f   Matzner, William ^c   Chong, Penny ^a   Ching, Wendell ^c,d  

^a Pacific Fertility Medical Center   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Reproductive Immunology Associates   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Los Angeles ^*

Author keywords

Antithyroid antibodies (ATAs); Immunoglobulin G (IVIg); In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF ET)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031905813     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00357.x     Document Type: Article

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