Live birth rate varies with gestational history and etiology in women experiencing recurrent spontaneous abortion

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-26

  Morikawa, Mamoru ^a   Yamada, Hideto ^a   Kato, Emi H ^a   Shimada, Shigeki ^a   Sakuragi, Noriaki ^a   Fujimoto, Seiichiro ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin; Recurrent spontaneous abortion; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 12; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROXINE;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIRTH RATE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; KARYOTYPE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 0038347344     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00464-5     Document Type: Article

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