Microchimerism and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
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[Fetal microchimerism and autoimmune disease].
Microchimerism is defined by the presence of circulating cells, bi-directionally transferred from one genetically distinct individual to another. The acquisition and persistence of fetal cell microchimerism, small numbers of genetically disparate cells from the fetus in the mother, is now a well-recognized consequence of normal pregnancy. Some of the autoimmune diseases that show a predilection...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrinology and Metabolism
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2093-596X
DOI: 10.3803/enm.2010.25.2.89