High NK cell activity in recurrent miscarriage: What are we really measuring?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2421-2425

  Shakhar, Keren ^a   Rosenne, Ella ^a   Loewenthal, Ron ^b   Shakhar, Guy ^a   Carp, Howard ^a,b   Shamgar, Ben Eliyahu ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

NK cells; Recurrent miscarriage; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STRESS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 33749573166     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del131     Document Type: Article

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