Antibodies against granulosa luteinized cells and their targets in women attending IVF program

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 106-112

  Vangelov, I ^a   Dineva, J ^a   Nikolov, G ^b   Lolov, S ^a   Ivanova, Maria ^a  

^a Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction   (Bulgaria)

^b Dept Pathol Pregn   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Granulosa luteinized cell antibodies antigens; Infertility; IVF

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIBODY; OVARY ANTIBODY; TRITON X 114; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LUTEINIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14844326300     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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