Immunotherapy prevents recurrent abortion without influencing natural killer receptor status

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 98-106

  Miki, Akinori ^a,b   Fujii, Tomoyuki ^a   Ishikawa, Yoshihide ^b   Hamai, Yoko ^a   Yamashita, Takahiro ^a   Tadokoro, Kenji ^b   Kozuma, Shiro ^a   Juji, Takeo ^b   Taketani, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunotherapy; In vivo; Natural killer receptor; Recurrent abortion

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033952870     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2000.430206.x     Document Type: Article

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