Role of endometrial immune cells in implantation

Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Lee, Ji Yeong ^a   Lee, Millina ^a   Lee, Sung Ki ^a  

^a Konyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Decidua; Dendritic cells; Endometrium; Human; Implantation; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Natural killer cells; Regulatory t cells; Th17 cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864601260     PISSN: 22338233     EISSN: 22338241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2011.38.3.119     Document Type: Review

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