Fetal microchimerism alone does not contribute to the induction of primary biliary cirrhosis

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 833-838

  Tanaka, Atsushi ^a,d   Lindor, Keith ^b   Gish, Robert ^c   Batts, Kenneth ^b   Shiratori, Yasushi ^d   Omata, Masao ^d   Nelson, J Lee ^e   Ansari, Aftab ^f   Coppel, Ross ^g   Newsome, Margaret ^c   Gershwin, M Eric ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FETUS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROCHIMERISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHIMERA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032836923     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300410     Document Type: Article

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