Current Trends of Reproductive Immunology Practices in In Vitro fertilization (IVF) - A First World Survey Using IVF-Worldwide.com

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-20

  Kwak Kim, Joanne ^a   Han, Ae Ra ^a   Gilman Sachs, Alice ^a   Fishel, Simon ^b   Leong, Milton ^c   Shoham, Zeev ^d  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b CARE Fertility Group   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

IVF; Recurrent pregnancy loss; Repeated implantation failure; Reproductive immunology test; Thrombophilia; Web based survey

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; REPEATED IMPLANTATION FAILURE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THROMBOPHILIA;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERNET; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84870726214     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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