Diffuse decidual leucocytoclastic necrosis and NK cell aggregates: Two distinct features of miscarriage

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 119-124

  Lee, Joong Yeup ^a   Kim, Eun Na ^b,c   Hong, Joon Seok ^d   Shim, Jae Yoon ^b,c   Hwang, Doyeong ^a   Kim, Ki Chul ^a   Lee, JungBok ^c   Kim, Chong Jai ^b,c  

^a Hamchoon Women's Clinic   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN TIA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUAL NATURAL KILLER CELL AGGREGATE; DIFFUSE DECIDUAL LEUCOCYTOCLASTIC NECROSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 84964219490     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202470     Document Type: Article

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