Soluble human leukocyte antigen-G and pregnancy success

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 470-485

  Warner, Carol M ^a   Lampton, Paula W ^a   Newmark, Judith A ^a   Cohen, Jacques ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Typho Galileo Research Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

ICSI; IVF; Non invasive embryo assessment; Qa 2; SHL G

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA-G ANTIGEN; Q SURFACE ANTIGENS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLASTOCYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL VIABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTION; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 54449098381     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60233-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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