Production of embryotoxic IgG antibodies during IFN-γ treatment of pregnant mice

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-117

  Athanassakis, Irene ^a   Aifantis, Yiannis ^a   Ranella, Anthi ^a   Vassiliadis, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abortion; Fetus; Monoclonal antibody production; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0029836690     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00149.x     Document Type: Article

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