Fetal microchimerism in Hashimoto's thyroiditis: A quantitative approach

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-241

  Klintschar, Michael ^a   Immel, Uta Dorothee ^a   Kehlen, Astrid ^a   Schwaiger, Patrizia ^b   Mustafa, Tarek ^c   Mannweiler, Sebastian ^d   Regauer, Sigrid ^d   Kleiber, Manfred ^a   Hoang Vu, Cuong ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Carl von Basedow Clinic   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROCHIMERISM; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; THYROID GLAND; Y CHROMOSOME;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; CHIMERISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; FEMALE; GOITER; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 33644605437     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02080     Document Type: Article

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