Soluble HLA-G and embryo implantation: Frequently asked questions

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 134-137

  Le Bouteiller, Philippe ^a   Tabiasco, Julie ^a   Parinaud, Jean ^b  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b Paul Sabatier University   (France)

Author keywords

Embryo culture supernatants; Embryo implantation; In vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Soluble HLA G

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BLASTOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; SUPERNATANT;

EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 35348820548     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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