The presence of anti thyroid and anti ovarian auto-antibodies in familial premature ovarian failure

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 171-174

  Ashrafi, Mahnaz ^a,b   Fallahian, Masoumeh ^c   Eshrati, Babak ^a,d   Yazdi, Reza Salman ^a  

^a ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Auto antibodies; Familial POF; Premature Ovarian Failure

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; OVARIAN AUTOANTIBODY; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 65749089243     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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