An association of IgG anti-laminin-1 autoantibodies with endometriosis in infertile patients

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 544-549

  Inagaki, Junko ^a   Sugiura Ogasawara, Mayumi ^b   Nomizu, Motoyoshi ^c   Nakatsuka, Mikiya ^d   Ikuta, Katsuo ^b   Suzuki, Nobuharu ^c   Kaihara, Keiko ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuko ^a   Yasuda, Tatsuji ^a   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^f   Aoki, Koji ^e   Matsuura, Eiji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Japan)

^f SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anti laminin 1 autoantibody; Endometriosis; Infertility; Miscarriage

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G LAMININ ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALPHA CHAIN; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0037340227     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg148     Document Type: Article

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