臨床婦人科産科75巻1号

2021年01月発行

合併増大号　今月の臨床 生殖医療の基礎知識アップデート―患者説明に役立つ最新エビデンス・最新データ 不育症の検査・治療

不育症に対する免疫系検査の意義

著者： 福井淳史¹ 山谷文乃¹ 柴原浩章¹

所属機関： ¹兵庫医科大学産科婦人科

ページ範囲：P.165 - P.172

●免疫系の異常は，不育症との間に弱い関連性は示されているものの，いまだ研究段階にある．

●不育症患者において抗核抗体，末梢血NK細胞活性，末梢血Th1/Th2比などの免疫系検査が行われているが，その結果の解釈，対応は慎重に行うべきである．

●免疫系の異常を有する不育症に対して，さまざまな治療が行われているが，いまだエビデンスとはなっておらず，さらなるデータの蓄積が必要である．

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