The use of intravenous immunoglobulin in sine causa or alloimmune recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA)

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 193-195

  Patriarca, A ^a   Piccioni, V ^b   Gigante, V ^b   Benedetto, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abortion, habitual; Idiopathic recurrent spontaneous abortion; Immunoglobulins, intravenous; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECURRENT ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOANTIGENS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0034279547     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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