Variations in immunoglobulins and IgA subclasses of human uterine cervical secretions around the time of ovulation

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 538-542

  Kutteh, W H ^a,b   Prince, S J ^d   Hammond, K R ^c   Kutteh, C C ^b   Mestecky, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus; IgA; Immunoglobulins; Mucosal immunity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA;

EID: 0029927150     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.36742.x     Document Type: Article

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