HLA antigen sharing in Italian couples in which women were affected by gestational trophoblastic tumors

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 252-255

  Sbracia, M ^a,c   Scarpellini, F ^a   Mastrone, M ^a   Grasso, J A ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antigenic sharing; Gestational trophoblastic tumor; HLA; Major histocompatibility complex

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0029947474     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00039.x     Document Type: Article

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