Evolution of maternofetal transport of immunoglobulins during human pregnancy

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 248-255

  Malek, Antoine ^a   Sager, Ruth ^a   Kuhn, Peter ^a   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^b   Schneider, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cordocentesis; ELISA; IgA; Serum IgG subclasses; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDOCENTESIS; DELIVERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0029828069     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00172.x     Document Type: Article

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