Correlations of Y chromosome microchimerism with disease activity in patients with SLE: Analysis of preliminary data

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 651-654

  Mosca, M ^a   Curcio, M ^b   Lapi, S ^b   Valentini, G ^c   D'Angelo, S ^c   Rizzo, G ^b   Bombardieri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MICROCHIMERISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038208156     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.7.651     Document Type: Article

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