Zona pellucida autoantibodies in women undergoing ART

Folia Biologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 59-61

  Ivanova, M ^a   Djarkova, T ^a   Mollova, M ^a   Petrov, M ^a   Tikhomirova, T ^b   Dakhno, F ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Human follicular fluids; IVF; ZP autoantibodies

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0033053161     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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