Natural killer cell cytotoxicity and paternal lymphocyte immunization in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 352-358

  Kwak, Joanne Y H ^a   Gilman Sachs, Alice ^a   Moretti, Michael ^b   Beaman, Kenneth D ^a   Beer, Alan E ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphocyte immunization; Natural killer cell cytotoxicity; Recurrent spontaneous abortions

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031774741     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00065.x     Document Type: Article

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