Unique CD8+ T cell-rich lymphoid aggregates in human uterine endometrium

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 427-435

  Yeaman, Grant R ^a   Guyre, Paul M ^a   Fanger, Michael W ^a   Collins, Jane E ^a   White, Hillary D ^a   Rathbun, Wayne ^a   Orndorff, Kenneth A ^a   Gonzalez, Jorge ^a   Stern, Judy E ^a   Wira, Charles R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

confocal scanning laser microscopy; monocytes macrophages; mucosa; reproductive immunology; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOID CELL; MENOPAUSE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UTERUS;

EID: 0030965069     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlb.61.4.427     Document Type: Article

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