Where and when should natural killer cells be tested in women with repeated implantation failure?

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-148

  Santillán, Isabel ^a   Lozano, Ignacio ^b   Illán, Julia ^c   Verdú, Victoria ^b   Coca, Santiago ^d   Bajo Arenas, Jose Manuel ^e   Martinez, Felipe ^f  

^a Centro Médico Palencia   (Spain)

^b GINEFIV   (Spain)

^c Unilabs   (France)

^d HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LA DEFENSA GÓMEZ ULLA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

CD56; Endometrium; Immunohistochemistry; Implantation; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPEATED IMPLANTATION FAILURE; STROMA CELL; THROMBOPHILIA; ABORTION, HABITUAL; CELL SEPARATION; ENDOMETRIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CD56 ANTIGEN; FC RECEPTOR;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; CELL SEPARATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, IGG; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84926252185     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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