Butyrylcholinesterase activity and pregnancy-associated differences in immunologically relevant peripheral blood leukocyte populations

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-82

  Mahmoud, Fadia F ^a   Haines, David ^b   Abul, Habib ^a   Omu, Alexander ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butyrylcholinesterase; Immune activation; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHOLINESTERASE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; KUWAIT; LEUKOCYTE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; KUWAIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0037484289     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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