Absence of fetal cell microchimerism in cutaneous lesions of lupus erythematosus

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-160

  Khosrotehrani, K ^a   Mery, L ^b   Aractingi, S ^b   Bianchi, D W ^a   Johnson, K L ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MICROCHIMERISM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHIMERISM; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SKIN;

EID: 11344271571     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.020297     Document Type: Article

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