Increase in the expression of killer cell inhibitory receptors on peritoneal natural killer cells in women with endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1187-1191

  Wu, Ming Yih ^a   Yang, Jehn Hsiahn ^a   Chao, Kuang Han ^a   Hwang, Jiann Loung ^b   Yang, Yu Shih ^a   Ho, Hong Nerng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Endometriosis; Killer cell inhibitory receptors (KIR); Peritoneal fluid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LAPAROSCOPY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

ASCITIC FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL LINE; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LAPAROSCOPY; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033635398     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01592-2     Document Type: Article

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