Effects of serum from pregnant versus non-pregnant women on natural killer cell activity

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 365-367

  Fujino, Yuji ^a   Nakamura, Yoshihiro ^a   Ueda, Kayoko ^a   Ozaki, Kouji ^a   Ito, Fumitoshi ^a   Sun, Ting Ting ^a   Umesaki, Naohiko ^a   Ogita, Sachio ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer; NK cell; Pregnancy; Serum effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERUM;

EID: 0030925187     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00245.x     Document Type: Article

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