Lymphocyte subsets in the endometrium of genitally normal mares and mares susceptible to endometritis

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 106-110

  Watson, Elaine D ^a   Thomson, S R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horse; Lymphocytes; Uterus

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; B-LYMPHOCYTES; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0030098726     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1996.tb01600.x     Document Type: Article

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