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Maternal KIR repertoire is not associated with recurrent spontaneous abortion.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Nov 2004
Witt C S, Goodridge J, Gerbase-Delima M G, Daher S, Christiansen F T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In view of evidence suggesting an immunological cause of recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA) and the large number of maternal natural killer (NK) cells present in the pregnant uterus, we investigated the genetic polymorphism of the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) in women with RSA. METHODS: KIR gene repertoire and KIR2DL4 (a receptor for HLA-G) genotyping were determined by SSP and...
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