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Fetal Cells Traffic to Injured Maternal Myocardium and Undergo Cardiac Differentiation
15 Nov 2011
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Fetal cells enter the maternal circulation during pregnancy and may persist in maternal tissue for decades as microchimeras. OBJECTIVE: Based on clinical observations of peripartum cardiomyopathy patients and the high rate of recovery they experience from heart failure, our objective was to determine whether fetal cells can migrate to the maternal heart and differentiate to cardiac cells. METHODS AND...
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