Physiology of implantation;Physiologie de l'implantation

Gynecologie Obstetrique et Fertilite

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 861-866

  Chaouat, G ^a,b   Mas, A E ^a,b,c   Petitbarat, M ^a,b,d   Dubanchet, S ^a,b   Ledee N ^a,b,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Complement; Cytokines; Implantation; NK cells; Regulation

Indexed keywords

MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLOGRAFT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMPLANTATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; METRITIS; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; NIDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; UTERUS;

EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFLAMMATION; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UTERUS;

EID: 34548639054     PISSN: 12979589     EISSN: 17696682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2007.07.023     Document Type: Article

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