The Immune System in Pregnancy: A Unique Complexity

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 425-433

  Mor, Gil ^a   Cardenas, Ingrid ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Inflammation; Macrophages; Placenta; Pregnancy; TLR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ALLOGRAFT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPHOBLAST; VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77953951242     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00836.x     Document Type: Review

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