Immunology of placentation in eutherian mammals

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 584-594

  Moffett, Ashley ^a   Loke, Charlie ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMPLANTATION; MAMMAL; MOTHER; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RODENT; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MAMMALS; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

EID: 33746517978     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri1897     Document Type: Review

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