A multicenter, placebo-controlled pilot study of intravenous immune globulin treatment of antiphospholipid syndrome during pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 122-127

  Branch, D Ware ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Peaceman, Alan M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Druzin, Maurice ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Silver, Richard K ^a,b,c,d,e,f   El Sayed, Yasser ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Silver, Robert M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Esplin, M Sean ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Spinnato, Joseph ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Harger, James ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a University of Utah Health Sciences Center ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Intravenous immune globulin; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL AGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PILOT STUDY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033979270     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(00)70500-X     Document Type: Article

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