Serial estimation of Th1:Th2 cytokines profile in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization-embryo transfer

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-211

  Kalu, Emmanuel ^a   Bhaskaran, Shree ^a   Thum, Meen Yau ^a   Vishwanatha, Radhika ^a   Croucher, Carolyn ^a   Sherriff, Elizabeth ^a   Ford, Brian ^a   Bansal, Amolak S ^a  

^a EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; NIDATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CYTOKINES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 39149107460     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2007.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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