Peritoneal natural killer cytotoxicity and CD25+CD3+ lymphocyte subpopulation are decreased in women with stage III-IV endometriosis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 2671-2675

  Ho, Hong Nerng ^a   Chao, Kuang Han ^a   Chen, Hsin Fu ^a   Wu, Ming Yih ^a   Yang, Yu Shih ^a   Lee, Tzu Yao ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CD25; CD69; Endometriosis; HLA DR; Natural killer cytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0028803788     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a135765     Document Type: Article

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