Fetal microchimerism: The cellular and immunological legacy of pregnancy

Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lissauer, David M ^a   Piper, Karen P ^a   Moss, Paul A H ^a   Kilby, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHIMERA; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS; CHIMERISM; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 77951647863     PISSN: 14623994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1462399409001264     Document Type: Review

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