Future directions of studies for recurrent miscarriage associated with immune etiologies

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-95

  Saito, Shigeru ^a   Nakashima, Akitoshi ^a   Shima, Tomoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical stage; Decidua basalis; Fetal chromosome; Immune etiology; Recurrent abortion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DECIDUA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 79959924541     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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