IgA in the lumen of the human oviduct is not related to the menstrual cycle but increases during local inflammation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 633-634

  Arraztoa, Jose A ^a,d   Rocha, Aldo ^b   Varela Nallar, Lorena ^b   Velasquez, Luis ^b   Toro, Viviana ^c   Cardenas, Hugo ^b   Imarai, Mónica ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c HOSPITAL SAN JOSÉ   (Chile)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOTE; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGITIS;

EID: 0036176406     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)03214-9     Document Type: Article

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