Progesterone and non-specific immunologic mechanisms in pregnancy

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 176-182

  Szekeres Bartho, Julia ^a   Par, G ^a   Szereday, L ^a   Smart, C Y ^a,b   Achatz, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; MITOGENIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO RESORPTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SERUM; SPLEEN CELL; UTERUS;

EID: 0030799301     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00295.x     Document Type: Article

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