Anticardiolipin antibodies in Jamaican primiparae

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-126

  Kahwa, E K ^a,b   Sargeant, L A ^a   McCaw Binns, A ^b   McFarlane Anderson, N ^b   Smikle, M ^b   Forrester, T ^a   Wilks, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEROPREVALENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ASPIRIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; PARITY; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 32944460957     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500443352     Document Type: Article

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