Lymphocyte immunotherapy and its probable mechanism in the maintenance of pregnancy in women with recurrent spontaneous abortion

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-172

  Pandey, Manoj Kumar ^a   Thakur, Seema ^b   Agrawal, Suraksha ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anti idiotypic antibodies; Antipaternal cytotoxic antibody; Immunoglobulin 3; Immunotherapy; Mixed lymphocyte reaction blocking factor; Recurrent spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; ANTIPATERNAL CYTOTOXIC ANTIBODY; BLOCKING ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; CYTOTOXIC ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION BLOCKING ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TH1 CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 1642307910     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-003-0560-3     Document Type: Review

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