Immunopathology of early pregnancy

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-92

  Chaouat, Gérard ^a   Menu, Elisabeth ^a   Mognetti, Barbara ^a   Moussa, Marléne ^a   Cayol, Véronique ^a   Mostefaoui, Yakoute ^a   Dubanchet, Sylvie ^a   Khadel, Philippe ^a   Voluménie, Jean Luc ^a   Rongiéres, Catherine Bertrand ^a   Delage, Geneviéve Lapprée ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CYTOKINE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 9844225610     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1997)5:2<73::AID-IDOG1>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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