The role of brucella infection among women with spontaneous abortion in an endemic region

Journal of the Turkish German Gynecology Association

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-23

  Nassaji, Mohammad ^a   Rahbar, Nahid ^a   Ghorbani, Raheb ^a   Lavaf, Sabahat ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Pregnancy; Serology; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SEROLOGY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 42549144876     PISSN: 13090399     EISSN: 13090380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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