Undiagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus in a cohort of infertile women

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 336-340

  Geva, Eli ^a,b   Lerner Geva, Liat ^b,c   Burke, Michael ^a,b   Vardinon, Nurit ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a,b   Amit, Ami ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infertility; Ovulation induction; Reproduction; Screening; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 2942654762     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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