Immunological testing and treatment in reproduction: Frequency assessment of practice patterns at assisted reproduction clinics in the USA and Australia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2130-2135

  Ghazeeri, Ghina S ^a   Kutteh, William H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation therapy; Immunology; Immunotherapy; Infertility; Recurrent pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FUNCTION TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHYSICIAN; RECURRENT ABORTION; REPRODUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034784546     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.10.2130     Document Type: Article

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