PCBs, hexachlorobenzene and DDE are not associated with recurrent miscarriage

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 485-489

  Sugiura Ogasawara, Mayumi ^a   Ozaki, Yasuhiko ^a   Sonta, Shin Ichi ^b   Makino, Tsunehisa ^c   Suzumori, Kaoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,1 dichloro 2,2 bis (p chlorophenyl) ethylene; Endocrine disrupters; Hexachlorobenzene; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Recurrent miscarriage

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFERTILITY; LUTEAL PHASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0344098920     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.8755-8920.2003.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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