High Prevalence of Microchimerism in Female Patients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3685-3687

  Vymetalova, Y ^a   Bohuslavova, R ^b   Hubacek, J A ^b   Dufkova, B ^a   Kocik, M ^c   Malek, I ^a   Kautzner, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b Cardiovascular Research Center   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOME; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROCHIMERISM; ORGAN DONOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; Y CHROMOSOME;

AORTA, THORACIC; CHIMERISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 57549103383     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.06.103     Document Type: Article

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