Intracellular Cytokine Production in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes: A Comparison of Values in Infertile and Fertile Women

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 466-469

  Horká, Petra ^a   Jarošová, Radka ^a   Malíčková, Karin ^a   Janatková, Ivana ^a   Marečková, Helena ^a   Zima, Tomáš ^a   Kalousová, Marta ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Flow cytometry; Infertility

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79953715630     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00959.x     Document Type: Article

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