Effect of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment on the Th1/Th2 Balance in Women with Recurrent Spontaneous Abortions

31 January 2003

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Vol. 49 (1) , 21-29
https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.01169.x

Abstract

PROBLEM: The way by which intravenous immunoglobulin (IvIg) acts to prevent immunlogically mediated recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA) has not been clarified. In the present study, a possible effe...

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