Autoantibody panel screening in recurrent miscarriages

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-240

  Marai, I ^a   Carp, H ^a   Shai, S ^b   Shabo, R ^b   Fishman, G ^b   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BioShaf   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Antithyrogobulin; Antithyroid peroxidase; Miscarriages

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROTHROMBIN ANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 1842477150     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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