[HTML][HTML] Fraction of the peripheral blood concentration of CD56+/CD16−/CD3− cells in total natural killer cells as an indication of fertility and infertility

VI Michou, P Kanavaros, V Athanassiou, GB Chronis… - Fertility and sterility, 2003 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the peripheral blood concentration of
CD56+/CD16−/CD3− cells, the main natural killer (NK) subpopulation that colonizes the
endometrium in the middle and late secretory phase, can be related to fertility or infertility
status. DESIGN: A case control study. SETTING: Immunopathology department of an
infertility laboratory. PATIENT (S): A total 99 women were selected (group I: consecutive
spontaneous aborters, n= 25; group II: sporadic spontaneous aborters, n= 30; group III …