Perforin-expressing lymphocytes in peripheral blood and decidua of human first-trimester pathological pregnancies

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-18

  Gulan, Gordan ^d   Podack, Eckhard R ^a   Rukavina, Daniel ^c   Gudeli, Lea ^d   Rubesa, Gordana ^d   Petrovic, Oleg ^d   Johnson, Peter M ^b   Christmas, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Decidua; Normal pregnancy; Pathological pregnancies; Perforin

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PERFORIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MISSED ABORTION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343581242     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00270.x     Document Type: Article

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