HLA-G antigen and parturition: Maternal serum, fetal serum and amniotic fluid levels during pregnancy

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 404-409

  Hackmon, Rinat ^a   Hallak, Mordechai ^a   Krup, Margalit ^a   Weitzman, Dahlia ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a   Kaplan, Boris ^a,b   Weinstein, Yacob ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; HLA G, soluble; Inflammatory cascade; Parturition

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; HLA G ANTIGEN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 4344635564     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078992     Document Type: Article

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