The tripartite immune conflict in placentals and a hypothesis on fetal→maternal microchimerism

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-54

  Apari, Péter ^a   Rózsa, Lajos ^b,c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFERTILITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MICROCHIMERISM; PLACENTA; POLYANDRY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ANIMALS; CHIMERISM; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOTHERS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EUTHERIA;

EID: 56549091421     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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