Antiphospholipid and other autoantibodies in a cohort of habitual aborters and healthy multiparous women in Jamaica

Human Antibodies

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Roye Green, K ^a   Frederick, J ^a   Wharfe, G ^a   Choo Kang, E ^a   Dacosta, V ^a   Fletcher, H ^a   Smikle, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOPLASTIN TIME;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; JAMAICA; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; PREGNANCY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955793700     PISSN: 10932607     EISSN: 1875869X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/HAB-2011-0236     Document Type: Article

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