Reappraisal of peripheral NK cells in women with recurrent miscarriage

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 814-819

  Wang, Qiong ^a,b   Li, Tin Chu ^b   Wu, Yue Peng ^a   Cocksedge, Karen A ^b   Fu, Yong Shui ^c   Kong, Qing Yu ^a   Yao, Shu Zhong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Guangzhou Blood Centre   (China)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Peripheral NK cells; Recurrent miscarriage

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; RECURRENT ABORTION;

EID: 58149103124     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60410-5     Document Type: Article

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