Recurrent miscarriage

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility: Integrating Modern Clinical and Laboratory Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 281-296

  Branch, D Ware ^a   Heuser, Cara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Alloimmunity; Aneuploidy; Antiphospholipid antibodies; Recurrent miscarriage; Thrombophilia; Uterine anomalies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049450238     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1436-1_17     Document Type: Chapter

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