Regulation of uterine immune function by progesterone - Lessons from the sheep

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-79

  Hansen, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SERPINS; SHEEP; UTERUS;

EID: 0032447571     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(98)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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