Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors as therapeutic agents for recurrent spontaneous abortion (Review)
- Authors:
- Hong Wu
- Qingxia You
- Yi Jiang
- Fangxiang Mu
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Affiliations: Department of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, P.R. China, Department of Reproductive Medicine, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu 730030, P.R. China - Published online on: October 11, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2021.12487
- Article Number: 847
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