Open AccessVitamin D deficiency may be a risk factor for recurrent pregnancy losses by increasing cellular immunity and autoimmunity
Author(s) -
Kuniaki Ota,
Svetlana Dambaeva,
Ae Ra Han,
Kenneth Beaman,
Alice GilmanSachs,
Joanne KwakKim
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/det424
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin d deficiency , pregnancy , odds ratio , gestational diabetes , gestation , vitamin , obstetrics , immunology , biology , genetics
Do women with recurrent pregnancy losses (RPL) and low vitamin D have increased prevalence of auto- and cellular immune abnormalities when compared with women with RPL who have normal vitamin D, and does vitamin D have any effect on cellular immunity in vitro?
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