Anticardiolipin antibodies levels in healthy pregnant and non-pregnant woman

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 263, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 111-115

  Tsapanos, Vassilios ^a   Kanellopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Cardamakis, Emmanuel ^a   Fotopoulos, Andreas ^a   Schinas, Vassilios ^b   Kondakis, Xenophon ^b   Tzingounis, Vassilios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin antibodies; Autoimmune disease; Lupus erythematosus (systemic); Spontaneous abortions

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034059386     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004040050007     Document Type: Article

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