Pregnancy outcome in recurrent aborters is not influenced by chlamydia IgA and/or G

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-53

  Sugiura Ogasawara, Mayumi ^a   Ozaki, Yasuhiko ^a   Nakanishi, Tamao ^a   Kumamoto, Yoshiaki ^b   Suzumori, Kaoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia DNA; Chlamydia IgA or IgG; Complement 3; Recurrent miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPLEMENT HEMOLYSIS TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECURRENT ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 13844276590     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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