Transport of proteins across the human placenta

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 347-351

  Malek, Antoine ^a   Sager, Ruth ^a   Schneider, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Anti tetanus IgG; hCG; hPL; Human; IgA; Placenta; Tetanus antigen

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIFFUSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0031743551     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00064.x     Document Type: Article

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