Maternal anti-placental cell-mediated reactivity and spontaneous abortions

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 478-484

  Raghupathy, Raj ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Anti placenta immunity; Spontaneous abortion; Th1 Th2 balance

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROGESTERONE; SUPPRESSOR FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030913304     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00263.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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