Localization of IL-4 and IL-4 receptors in the human term placenta, decidua and amniochorionic membranes

Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-94

  De Moraes Pinto, M I ^a,b   Vince, G S ^b   Flanagan, B F ^c   Hart, C A ^b   Johnson, P M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DECIDUA; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031033576     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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