Role of microchimerism in the pathogenesis of oral lichen planus

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-129

  Weger, W ^a   Bauer, M ^a   Odell, E ^b   Pertl, B ^a   Cerroni, L ^a   Kerl, H ^a   Jakse, N ^a   Pertl, Christof ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FISH; Fluorescence PCR; Microchimerism; Oral lichen planus

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FETUS CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHEN PLANUS; MALE; MICROCHIMERISM; MOUTH CAVITY; ORAL BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHIMERA; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHIMERISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LICHEN PLANUS, ORAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33645131597     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2006.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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