A two-center study on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous immunoglobulin before and during pregnancy in healthy women with poor obstetrical histories

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2283-2288

  Ensom, Mary H H ^a   Stephenson, Mary D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intravenous immunoglobulin; pharmacokinetics; pregnancy; recurrent miscarriage antiphospholipid syndrome

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLACEBO;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SECONDARY RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVE BIRTH; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHELOMETRY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 80051917173     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der227     Document Type: Article

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