Immunological abortion: The thyroid factor;L'aborto autoimmune: Il fattore tiroideo

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 471-477

  Palagiano, A ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abortion; Disease, autoimmune; Thyroiditis, autoimmune

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CONCEPTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 33846506140     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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