Human uterine lymphocytes

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 480-485

  King, Ashley ^a   Burrows, Tanya ^a   Verma, S ^a   Hiby, Susan ^a   Loke, Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidua; HLA class I; NK cells; Trophoblast; Urerus

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD94 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; KILLER CELL INHIBITORY RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTERY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECIDUA; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUTEAL PHASE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS;

ANTIGENS, CD; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

EID: 0032420960     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.5.480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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