Fetal survival in the rat as affected by intrauterine injection of serum containing antiphospholipid antibodies

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 291-295

  Halperin, Reuvit ^a   Hadas, Eran ^b   Shinnar, Nili ^b   Bukovsky, Ian ^a   Schneider, David ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Fetal resorption; Fetal viability; Intrauterine injection; Rat

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS RESORPTION; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERUM; SURVIVAL; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036828419     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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