Antiphospholipid antibodies in infertile couples with two consecutive miscarriages after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1483-1486

  Egbase, P E ^a,c   Al Sharhan, M ^b   Diejomaoh, M ^a   Grudzinskas, J G ^a  

^a AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; IVF; Two consecutive miscarriages

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0032992469     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.6.1483     Document Type: Article

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