High Frequency of Anti-Protein Z IgM and IgG Autoantibodies in Women with Idiopathic Recurrent Spontaneous Miscarriage

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 526-531

  Sater, Mai S ^a   Finan, Ramzi R ^b   Al Hammad, Salma A ^a   Mohammed, Fatema A ^a   Issa, Abdalla A ^a   Almawi, Wassim Y ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Anti protein Z antibodies; Pregnancy; Recurrent miscarriage; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953676853     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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