Normal percentage of CD56bright natural killer cells in young patients with a history of repeated unexplained implantation failure after in vitro fertilization cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 990-993

  Matteo, Maria G ^a   Greco, Pantaleo ^a   Rosenberg, Piergiorgio ^a   Mestice, Anna ^b   Baldini, Domenico ^c   Falagario, Teresa ^c   Martino, Vincenzo ^c   Santodirocco, Michele ^a   Massenzio, Francesca ^a   Castellana, Laura ^a   Specchia, Giorgina ^b   Liso, Arcangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c Centre for Medically Assisted Procreation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; UTERUS;

EID: 34848897799     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.028     Document Type: Article

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