Quantitative analysis of T lymphocyte subsets in pregnant and nonpregnant human endometrium

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1017-1022

  Vassiliadou, N ^a,b   Bulmer, J N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0029858627     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.5.1017     Document Type: Article

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