Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 71-75 , May 2010

T cell tolerance towards the fetal allograft

  • Marie-Pierre Piccinni

      Affiliations

    • Center of Excellence for Research, Transfer and High Education DENOTHE of the University of Florence, Florence, Italy
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Immunoallergology Unit, University of Florence, 85 viale Morgagni, 50134 Florence, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Viale Morgagni, 85, Firenze 50134, Italy. Tel.: +39 055 4271499; fax: +39 055 4271500.

Received 12 October 2009 ,Revised 25 November 2009 ,Accepted 22 January 2010.

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PII: S0165-0378(10)00041-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.01.006

Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 71-75 , May 2010

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