Antinuclear Autoantibodies in Women with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 384-392

  Ticconi, Carlo ^a   Rotondi, Federica ^a   Veglia, Manuela ^b   Pietropolli, Adalgisa ^a   Bernardini, Sergio ^a,c   Ria, Francesco ^b   Caruso, Alessandro ^b   Di Simone, Nicoletta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibodies; Autoimmunity; Recurrent pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 78149489569     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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