Missed immunological opportunities in pregnancy

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-3

  Gleicher, Norbert ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HUMAN REPRODUCTION   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; ECLAMPSIA; EDITORIAL; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MICROCHIMERISM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 46149094668     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.4.1.1     Document Type: Editorial

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