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Quantification of maternal microchimerism by HLA‐specific real‐time polymerase chain reaction: Studies of healthy women and women with scleroderma
1 Mar 2004
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OBJECTIVE: Microchimerism (Mc), originating from bidirectional fetal-maternal cell traffic during pregnancy, has recently been identified in healthy adults and in patients with scleroderma (systemic sclerosis [SSc]). This study was undertaken to investigate the frequency and quantitative levels of maternal Mc (MMc) in healthy women and women with SSc. METHODS: HLA-specific primers and fluorogenic probes were used...
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