HLA class I expression on the materno-fetal interface

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 150-157

  Hammer, Astrid ^a   Hutter, Heinz ^a   Dohr, Gotfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

HLA class I molecules; Human placenta; Immunology; Trophoblast cells

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA E ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FETUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0030864978     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00291.x     Document Type: Article

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