Management of Women with Recurrent Pregnancy Losses and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 596-607

  Kwak Kim, Joanne ^a,b   Agcaoili, Maria Socorro L ^a,c   Aleta, Lara ^a,d   Liao, Aihua ^a,e   Ota, Kuniaki ^a,b   Dambaeva, Svetlana ^b   Beaman, Kenneth ^b   Kim, Joon Woo ^f   Gilman Sachs, Alice ^b  

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

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

^c New Sinai MDI Hospital   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^e HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heparin treatment; Immunoglobulin G; Implantation; Inflammation; Obstetrical complications; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A RECEPTOR; ENOXAPARIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PLACEBO; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTHROMBIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAUROSPORINE; THROMBIN; THROMBOXANE A2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHO; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVE BIRTH; LOW DRUG DOSE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT ABORTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ASPIRIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84877700397     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12114     Document Type: Article

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