Measurements of CD56+ cells in peripheral blood and endometrium by flow cytometry and immunohistochemical staining in situ

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1331-1337

  Laird, S M ^a   Mariee, N ^b   Wei, L ^b   Li, T C ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endometrium; recurrent miscarriage; uNK cells

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL COUNT; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 79957448022     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der104     Document Type: Article

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