Autoimmune factors in assisted reproduction

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-224

  Kutteh, W H ^a  

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

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Fertilization in vitro; Reproduction techniques

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PLACEBO;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; NEWBORN; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THYROID GLAND;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ASPIRIN; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OVARY; PLACEBOS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SPERMATOZOA; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0036599471     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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