Natural killer cells in the nonpregnant murine uterus

Natural Immunity

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-40

  Pollack, Sylvia B ^a   Linnemeyer, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphocytes; Lytic activity; NK cells; Phenotype; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; UTERUS;

EID: 0030452964     PISSN: 10188916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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