Disputed maternity leading to identification of tetragametic chimerism

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 1545-1552

  Yu, Neng ^a   Kruskall, Margot S ^b,e   Yunis, Juan J ^c,d   Knoll, Joan H M ^b   Uhl, Lynne ^b   Alosco, Sharon ^a   Ohashi, Marina ^a   Clavijo, Olga ^b   Husain, Zaheed ^b   Yunis, Emilio J ^c   Yunis, Jorge J ^b   Yunis, Edmond J ^b  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Instituto de Genética Servicios Médicos Yunis Turbay y Cia S A S   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BLASTOMERE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CASE REPORT; CELL MEDIATED LYMPHOLYSIS; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; TANDEM REPEAT; TETRAGAMETIC CHIMERISM;

BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; CHIMERA; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0037118296     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa013452     Document Type: Article

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