A subset of CD56+ large granular lymphocytes in first-trimester human decidua are proliferating cells

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-79

  Kämmerer, Ulrike ^a   Marzusch, Klaus ^a   Kröber, Stefan ^b   Ruck, Peter ^b   Handgretinger, Rupert ^a,b   Dietl, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decidua, Ki 67; Large granular lymphocytes; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; CELL DIVISION; CENTRIFUGATION; DECIDUA; DNA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0344699344     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00397-5     Document Type: Article

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