Leukocyte populations, hormone receptors and apoptosis in eutopic and ectopic first trimester human pregnancies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1111-1117

  Marx, Lore ^a   Arck, Petra ^b   Kapp, Michaela ^c   Kieslich, Christian ^a   Dietl, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ectopic pregnancy; Leukocytes; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA FRAGMENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDUCED ABORTION; LEUKOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0032891214     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.4.1111     Document Type: Article

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