Activating killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genes'association with recurrent miscarriage

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-43

  Vargas, Rafael Gustavo ^a   Bompeixe, Eni Picchioni ^a   França, Patrícia Pinhode ^a   Marques de Moraes, Marcio ^a   da Graça Bicalho, Maria ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abortion; Apoptosis; KIR; NK cell; PCR SSO; Pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL2; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL3; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL4; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL5; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DL1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DL2; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DS1; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RECURRENT ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, KIR;

EID: 67149125321     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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