Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 465-467 , February 2008

Soluble HLA-G in the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis

  • Audrone Eidukaite, M.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Audrone Eidukaite, M.D., Institute of Immunology, Moletu plentas 29, Vilnius 2021, Lithuania (FAX: +370-5-2469210).
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  • Vytas Tamosiunas, Ph.D.

Received 24 April 2006 ,Revised 21 February 2007 ,Accepted 21 February 2007.

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 Supported by the Lithuanian Study and Science Foundation.

PII: S0015-0282(07)00506-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.02.036

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 89, Issue 2 , Pages 465-467 , February 2008

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