Serious foetal growth restriction is associated with reduced proportions of natural killer cells in decidua basalis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 448, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-276

  Eide, Irina P ^a   Rolfseng, Toril ^a   Isaksen, Christina V ^a   Mecsei, Reidun ^a   Roald, Borghild ^b   Lydersen, Stian ^a   Salvesen, Kjell Å ^a   Harsem, Nina K ^b   Austgulen, Rigmor ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Activation markers; Foetal growth restriction; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Spiral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 33644828539     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-0107-z     Document Type: Article

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