Transfer of the shared epitope through microchimerism in women with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Rak, J M ^a   Maestroni, L ^a   Balandraud, N ^b   Guis, S ^b   Boudinet, H ^b   Guzian, M C ^b   Yan, Z ^c   Azzouz, D ^a   Auger, I ^a   Roudier, C ^a   Martin, M ^a   Didelot, R ^d   Roudier, J ^b   Lambert, N C ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d Centre d Examen de Santé Assurance Maladie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; EPITOPE; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCHIMERISM; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHIMERISM; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58249105747     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24224     Document Type: Article

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