Activation of peripheral leukocytes in rat pregnancy and experimental preeclampsia

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 351-357

  Faas, Maria M ^a   Schuiling, Gerard A ^b   Linton, Elizabeth A ^a   Sargent, Ian L ^a   Redman, Christopher W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Flow cytometry; Inflammation; Pregnancy; Rat

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; PADGEM PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034000932     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(00)70223-7     Document Type: Article

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