Maternal and sibling microchimerism in twins and triplets discordant for neonatal lupus syndrome-congenital heart block

Rheumatology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-191

  Stevens, A M ^a,b   Hermes, H M ^a   Lambert, N C ^a   Nelson, J L ^a   Meroni, P L ^c   Cimaz, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart block; Maternal; Microchimerism; Neonatal lupus

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHIMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOME; HEPATITIS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIBLING; TWINS;

CHIMERISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART BLOCK; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOTHERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 14044264281     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh453     Document Type: Article

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