Association between blocking folate receptor autoantibodies and subfertility

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 1518-1521

  Berrocal Zaragoza, Maria Isabel ^a   Fernandez Ballart, Joan D ^a,b   Murphy, Michelle M ^a,b   Cavallé Busquets, Pere ^c   Sequeira, Jeffrey M ^d   Quadros, Edward V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate receptor autoantibodies; pregnancy; subfertility

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FOLATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUBFERTILITY;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 63449131970     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.104     Document Type: Article

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