Increased plasma concentrations of antiprothrombin antibodies in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 228-232

  Sabatini, Laura ^a   Torricelli, Michela ^b   Scaccia, Valentina ^a   Fineschi, Daniela ^a   Pescaglini, Monica ^a   Gasparri, Laura ^a   Florio, Pasquale ^b   Petraglia, Felice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTHROMBIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBIN;

EID: 33847415027     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.073098     Document Type: Article

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