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The evidence of maternal microchimerism in biliary atresia using fluorescent in situ hybridization.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Dec 2007
Hayashida Makoto, Nishimoto Yuko, Matsuura Toshiharu, Takahashi Yukiko, Kohashi Kenichi, Souzaki Ryota, Taguchi Tomoaki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Biliary atresia (BA) is a cholestatic disease of unknown etiology. It has recently been suggested that graft-vs-host disease caused by microchimerism is an etiology in the development of autoimmune disease. Moreover, the liver is a frequent target organ of graft-vs-host disease. The aim of this study is to identify the presence and extent of maternal microchimerism and to determine whether it plays a...
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