Fetal microchimerism alone does not contribute to the induction of primary biliary cirrhosis

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Microchimerism has been implicated in the etiology of autoimmune diseases. It has also been implicated in the induction/maintenance of fetal tolerance. We used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis to determine whether microchimerism occurred in patients who subsequently developed primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), and thus may be involved in its etiology. We performed PCR amplification of sequences unique to...

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