Peripheral blood natural killer cells and mild thyroid abnormalities in women with reproductive failure

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-75

  Triggianese, P ^a   Perricone, C ^b   Conigliaro, P ^a   Chimenti, M S ^a   Perricone, R ^a   De Carolis, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; infertility; natural killer cells; recurrent spontaneous abortion; thyroid

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYROID DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; RECURRENT ABORTION; THYROID GLAND;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84955604186     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0394632015615130     Document Type: Article

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