Prolonged preterm rupture of fetal membranes, a consequence of an increased maternal anti-fetal T cell responsiveness

Pediatric Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 648-653

  Steinborn, Andrea ^a,e   Schmitt, Edgar ^b   Stein, Yvonne ^a   Klee, Andreas ^c   Gonser, Markus ^c   Seifried, Erhard ^d   Seidl, Christian ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^d Red Cross Blood Center   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25444478044     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000180541.03425.76     Document Type: Article

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