The effect of sera from women with systemic lupus erythematosus and/or antiphospholipid syndrome on rat embryos in culture

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-191

  Ornoy, A ^a   Yacobi, S ^a   Avraham, S ^a   Blumenfeld, Z ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anomalies; APLA; Rat embryo; Recurrent abortion; SLE; Yolk sac damage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; RECURRENT ABORTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOLK SAC;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ASPIRIN; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; RATS; TERATOGENS; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032034149     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(97)00149-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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