Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 58-62 , May 2010

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-mediated immune regulation of decidual leukocytes at the fetal–maternal interface

  • Tamara Tilburgs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Current work address: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
    • ,
  • Sicco A. Scherjon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Frans H.J. Claas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion E3Q, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.

Received 27 August 2009 ,Revised 3 December 2009 ,Accepted 20 January 2010.

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PII: S0165-0378(10)00040-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.01.005

Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 58-62 , May 2010

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