Immunoadsorption plasmapheresis as a treatment for pregnancy complicated by systemic lupus erythematosus with positive antiphospholipid antibodies

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 307-311

  Nakamura, Yasushi ^a,b   Yoshida, Koyo ^a   Itoh, Shigeru ^a   Kanai, Yoshinori ^a   Tsuda, Hiroshi ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Mitsuhashi, Naoki ^a   Kuwabara, Yoshinori ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibody; Immunoadsorption plasmapheresis; Pregnancy; SLE

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; NAFAMSTAT MESILATE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; MEMBRANE FILTER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0032986991     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1999.tb00443.x     Document Type: Article

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