Early recognition of pregnancy by the maternal immune system

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 351-355

  Kelemen, K ^a   Paldi, A ^d   Tinneberg, H ^b   Torok, A ^c   Szekeres Bartho, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Frauenklinik   (Germany)

^c Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^d NONE

Author keywords

IL 10; Oocyte; Spermium

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; RNA;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031862739     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00368.x     Document Type: Article

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