Pre-conceptional natural killer cell activity and percentage as predictors of biochemical pregnancy and spontaneous abortion with normal chromosome karyotype

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-354

  Yamada, Hideto ^a   Morikawa, Mamoru ^a   Kato, Emi H ^a   Shimada, Shigeki ^a   Kobashi, Gen ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Miscarriage; Natural killer cell; Pregnancy; Recurrent spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM 51;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIRTH; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CHROMOSOME; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0141682192     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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