Immunoregulatory activity of decidua in spontaneous early pregnancy loss

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2252-2256

  Vassiliadou, N ^a,b   Searle, R F ^a   Bulmer, J N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Human decidua; Immunosuppression; Normal early pregnancy; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUPERNATANT; TIME;

EID: 0032885317     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.9.2252     Document Type: Article

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