Alternative treatment with Sairei-to (a herbal formula) for alloimmune recurrent abortion complicated by autoantibodies and resistance to alloimmunotherapy

Journal of Traditional Medicines

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-23

  Kano, Takashi ^a   Mori, Takahide ^b   Furudono, Masako ^a   Kano, Mariko ^a   Takahisa, Ushiroyama ^c   Ueki, Minoru ^c  

^a Medical Corporation Kano Clinic   (Japan)

^b Daigo Watanabe Clinic   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

alloimmune recurrent abortion; anti cardiolipin antibodies; anti nuclear antibodies; non responders to alloimmunotherapy; recurrent spontaneous abortion; Sairei to

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951673751     PISSN: 18801447     EISSN: 18813747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11339/jtm.22.19     Document Type: Article

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