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Original Article

The prevalence of positive anticardiolipin antibody in Jamaican women with spontaneous abortion and the correlation with past clinical history

G Wharfe Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, JamaicaCorrespondence[email protected]
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H Fletcher Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
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M Smikle Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
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J Frederick Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
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M Reid Department of Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
Pages 452-454 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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