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Pregnancy, Microchimerism, and the Maternal Grandmother

30 Aug 2011

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BACKGROUND: A WOMAN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE OFTEN HARBORS A SMALL NUMBER OF FOREIGN CELLS, REFERRED TO AS MICROCHIMERISM: a preexisting population of cells acquired during fetal life from her own mother, and newly acquired populations from her pregnancies. An intriguing question is whether the population of cells from her own mother can influence either maternal health during pregnancy and/or the next generation...

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PMID: 21912617
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024101

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