Decidual mast cells might be involved in the onset of human first-trimester abortion

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-40

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human pregnancy abortion; Mast cells; Neuroimmunology; Substance P

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P; TRYPTASE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0032973402     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1999.tb00073.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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