Soluble HLA-G circulates in maternal blood during pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 682-688

  Hunt, Joan S ^a   Jadhav, Lalita ^a   Chu, Wenjiang ^a   Geraghty, Daniel E ^b   Ober, Carole ^c  

^a Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Serum; Soluble HLA G

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; EPITOPE; HLA G ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE STRUCTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0033825433     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.106762     Document Type: Article

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