Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor repertoire on uterine natural killer cell subsets in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-223

  Hong, Yan ^a   Wang, Xipeng ^a   Lu, Peihua ^b   Song, Yanyan ^b   Lin, Qide ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abortion; Immunology; Killer immunoglobulin like receptors; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

HLA C ANTIGEN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KIR2DL2; PROTEIN KIR2DS1; PROTEIN KIR2DS2; PROTEIN KIR2DS3; PROTEIN KIR2DS4; PROTEIN KIR2DS5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 52949116422     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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