Sildenafil citrate decreased natural killer cell activity and enhanced chance of successful pregnancy in women with a history of recurrent miscarriage

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1848-1853

  Jerzak, Malgorzata ^a   Kniotek, Monika ^b   Mrozek, Jaroslaw ^c   Górski, Andrzej ^b   Baranowski, Wlodzimierz ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Princess Anna Mazowiecka Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

NK cell activity; recurrent miscarriage; sildenafil citrate; uterine artery flow

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; ENOXAPARIN; ETANERCEPT; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PREDNISONE; PROLACTIN; PROTHROMBIN; SILDENAFIL; STEROID; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTITHROMBIN III DEFICIENCY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RECURRENT ABORTION; SUPPOSITORY; THROMBOPHILIA; UTERINE ARTERY;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; ARTERIES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVE BIRTH; PIPERAZINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PURINES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SULFONES; SUPPOSITORIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UTERUS;

EID: 55149093198     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.043     Document Type: Article

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