Quantitative and functional changes in peripheral natural killer cells in women with reproductive failure after artificial insemination with donor sperm

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 83-89

  Lu, Yuechao ^a   Zeng, Bin ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Xiang, Wenpei ^a   Hu, Lian ^a   Liao, Aihua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination with donor sperm; Early pregnancy loss; Embryo growth arrest; Flow cytometry; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCTION; SPERM DONOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, IGG;

EID: 80052402866     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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