Use of intravenous immunoglobulin in antiphospholipid antibody positive patients with high risk of miscarriage: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Introduction

Methods

Design and search strategy

Eligibility criteria

Exclusion criteria

Main outcome(s)

Secondary outcome(s)

Data extraction

Risk of bias assessment

Strategy for data synthesis

Measures of effect

Analysis of subgroups or subsets

Results

Search characteristics and risk of bias assessment

Live births and miscarriage rates

Preterm delivery

Obstetric complications and neonatal outcome

Discussion

Conclusion

Supplemental Information

PRISMA checklist.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.18419/supp-1

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Xin Yuan conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Wei Zhang conceived and designed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Tong Wang conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Peng Jiang conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Zong-kui Wang conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Chang-qing Li conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

This is a systematic review/meta-analysis.

Funding

This work was supported by CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (CIFMS, 2021-I2M-1-042), the Science & Technology Department of Sichuan Province (2023NSFSC0714, 2023ZHCG0066 and 2023ZYD0085), and the Scientific Research Project of Sichuan Medical Association (Q22009). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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