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Maternal - offspring HLA-DRB1 compatibility in multiple sclerosis.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jul 2005
Willer C J, Dyment D A, Sadovnick A D, Ebers G C
Abstract excerpt
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) compatibility has been reported to facilitate the long-term tolerance of fetal or maternally derived stem cells exchanged during pregnancy. Furthermore, such compatibility has been suggested to play a role in fetal viability. An increase in maternal - fetal human leukocyte antigen (HLA) compatibility for class II DR alleles has previously been observed in the autoimmune...
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