Human uterine natural killer cells

Natural Immunity

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-52

  King, Ashley ^a   Burrows, Tanya ^a   Loke, Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidua; NK cells; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA C ANTIGEN;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NATURAL KILLER CELL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS;

EID: 0030481447     PISSN: 10188916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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