Localization and characterization of white blood cell populations within the human ovary throughout the menstrual cycle and menopause

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 790-797

  Best, Craig L ^a,b   Pudney, Jeffrey ^a   Welch, William R ^a   Burger, Natalie ^a   Hill, Joseph A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Fearing Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Follicle; Leukocyte; Lymphocyte; Macrophage; Ovary

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THECA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029927701     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019256     Document Type: Article

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