DEVELOPMENT, STABILITY, AND CLINICAL CORRELATIONS OF ALLOGENEIC MICROCHIMERISM AFTER SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION1

doi:10.1097/00007890-199601150-00010

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DEVELOPMENT, STABILITY, AND CLINICAL CORRELATIONS OF ALLOGENEIC MICROCHIMERISM AFTER SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION1

1 Jan 1996

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To assess the development, stability, and clinical relevance of donor-type microchimerism, skin and blood were analyzed in heart (n = 53) and liver (n = 18) transplant recipients by nested polymerase chain reaction. Microchimerism was detectable in 40 (75%) and 13 (72%) patients after heart and liver transplantation, respectively. In heart transplantation, chimerism-positive patients showed a lower frequency of...

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