Pregnancy outcome is not affected by antiphospholipid antibody status in women referred for in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 526-530

  Chilcott, Ian T ^a   Margara, Raul ^a   Cohen, Hannah ^b   Rai, Raj ^a   Skull, Jonathan ^a   Pickering, William ^a   Regan, Lesley ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti beta 2 glycoprotein I antibodies; Antiphospholipid antibodies; In vitro fertilization; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033954366     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00585-3     Document Type: Article

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