Human leucocyte antigen-G and reproduction

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-242

  Loke, Y W ^a   Hiby, Sue ^a   King, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST;

DECIDUA; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPRODUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 0032798762     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(99)00023-6     Document Type: Review

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