Insight into early pregnancy events: The emerging role of the embryo

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 319-322

  Barnea, Eytan R ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Immunemodulation; Peptides; Pregnancy; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGIC FACTORS AND AGENTS ACTING ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM; EARLY PREGNANCY FACTOR; PREIMPLANTATION FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MORULA; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 2942654769     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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