Fetal cells in the maternal appendix: A marker of inflammation or fetal tissue repair?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2319-2325

  Santos, Margarida Avo ^a,f   O'Donoghue, Keelin ^a,b,c   Wyatt Ashmead, Josephine ^d   Fisk, Nicholas M ^a,b,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendix; Fetal cell microchimerism; Fetal cells; Pregnancy; Tissue repair

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; DESMIN;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 52449099249     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den261     Document Type: Article

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