Persistence of fetal cells in the mother: Friend or foe?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1321-1325

  Lissauer, D ^a   Piper, K P ^a   Moss, P A H ^a   Kilby, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell; Fetus; Immunology

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FETUS CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICROCHIMERISM; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SCLERODERMA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHIMERISM; DNA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 35348956381     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01474.x     Document Type: Review

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