Intravenous administration of splenocytes in early pregnancy changes the implantation window in mice

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 583-585

  Takabatake, K ^a   Fujiwara, H ^a   Goto, Y ^a   Nakayama, T ^a   Higuchi, T ^a   Maeda, M ^a   Mori, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Implantation; Pregnancy; Splenocytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030902896     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.3.583     Document Type: Article

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