Naturally acquired microchimerism: For better or for worse

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-7

  Nelson, J Lee ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CHILD; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CELL; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MICROCHIMERISM; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THYROIDITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHIMERISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58249121601     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24217     Document Type: Editorial

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