HLA and pregnancy: The paradox of the fetal allograft

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Ober, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; FETUS WASTAGE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA MATCHING; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031916857     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301692     Document Type: Article

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