HLA expression at the maternal-fetal interface

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 197-204

  Hutter, Heinz ^a   Hammer, Astrid ^a   Dohr, Gottfried ^a   Hunt, Joan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HLA class I; Immunology; MHC; Placenta; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0031740058     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/65065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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