Diagnosis and treatment of recurrent miscarriage associated with immunologic disorders: Is paternal lymphocyte immunization a relic of the past?

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 308-313

  Takeshita, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alloimmune; Paternal lymphocyte immunization; Recurrent miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ALLOIMMUNITY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; JAPAN; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 7944230300     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.71.308     Document Type: Review

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