Granulated lymphocytes of pregnancy

Placenta

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 533-543

  Whitelaw, P F ^a   Croy, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS;

EID: 0029830477     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(96)80070-1     Document Type: Article

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