Sex steroid regulation of leukocyte traffic in human decidua

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2257-2262

  Critchley, H O D ^a   Kelly, R W ^b   Lea, R G ^a   Drudy, T A ^a   Jones, R L ^a   Baird, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigestogens; Decidua; Leukocytes; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; MIFEPRISTONE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0029800771     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019086     Document Type: Article

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