Detection of maternal-fetal microchimerism in the inflammatory lesions of patients with Sjögren's syndrome

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1041-1046

  Kuroki, M ^a   Okayama, A ^a   Nakamura, S ^b   Sasaki, T ^a   Murai, K ^a   Shiba, R ^a   Shinohara, M ^c   Tsubouchi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCHIMERISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SALIVARY GLANDS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0036892096     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.12.1041     Document Type: Article

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