Anti-paternal antibodies by flow cytometry in the management of alloimmunization on recurrent miscarriages

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 284-288

  Matsubayashi, Hidehiko ^a   Maruyama, Tetsuo ^b   Ozawa, Nobuaki ^b   Izumi, Shun Ichiro ^a   Sugi, Toshitaka ^a   Yoshikata, Kikuo ^a   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^b   Makino, Tsunehisa ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement dependent cytotoxicity; Flow cytometry crossmatch; Immunologically mediated miscarriages; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LEUKOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION;

EID: 0033647284     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2000.440506.x     Document Type: Article

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