Immune response during pre-term delivery

Polish Journal of Gynaecological Investigations

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-18

  Klimek, Marek ^a   Wicherek, Lukasz ^a,b   Skotniczny, Krzysztof ^a   Gilowski, Andrzej ^a   Dutsch Wicherek, Magdalena ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RCAS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOCOLYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 29544435213     PISSN: 15064794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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