Seminal 'priming' for protection from pre-eclampsia - A unifying hypothesis

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-265

  Robertson, Sarah A ^a   Bromfield, John J ^a   Tremellen, Kelton P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leukocytes; Pre eclampsia; Semen; Seminal plasma; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA;

EID: 0043127288     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(03)00052-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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