Microchimerism in a Female Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2107-2111

  Johnson, Kirby L ^a   McAlindon, Timothy E ^b   Mulcahy, Elizabeth ^b   Bianchi, Diana W ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; CHIMERA; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0035464657     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200109)44:9<2107::AID-ART361>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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