Progesterone induced blocking factor seen in pregnancy lymphocytes soon after implantation

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-280

  Check, Jerome H ^a,c   Szekeres Bartho, Julia ^b   O'Shaughnessy, Althea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune surveillance; Implantation; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; BLOCKING FACTOR; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LUTEAL PHASE; LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0029878230     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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