Prevalence, specificity and significance of ovarian antibodies during spontaneous premature ovarian failure

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2623-2628

  Fénichel, Patrick ^a   Sosset, Catherine ^a   Barbarino Monnier, Patricia ^b   Gobert, Bernard ^b   Hiéronimus, Sylvie ^a   Béné, Marie Christine ^b   Harter, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Autoimmune oophoritis; ELISA; Ovarian antibodies; Premature ovarian failure

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PARATHYROID GLAND; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 2642617816     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.12.2623     Document Type: Article

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