T CD3⁺CD8⁺ Lymphocytes Are More Susceptible for Apoptosis in the First Trimester of Normal Human Pregnancy

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The percentages of total lymphocytes and T CD3⁺, T CD3⁺CD4⁺, and T CD3⁺CD8⁺ apoptotic lymphocytes; lymphocyte apoptosis in peripheral blood of women in the first (𝑛=20), second (𝑛=20), and third trimesters (𝑛=20) of normal pregnancy and in peripheral blood of healthy nonpregnant women in the phases of the menstrual cycle (𝑛=17).

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