Microchimerism and HLA-compatible relationships of pregnancy in scleroderma
β Scribed by J Lee Nelson; Daniel E Furst; Sean Maloney; Ted Gooley; Paul C Evans; Anajane Smith; Michael A Bean; Carole Ober; Diana W Bianchi
- Book ID
- 117310825
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 70 KB
- Volume
- 351
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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## Abstract ## Objective Microchimerism (Mc), originating from bidirectional fetalβmaternal cell traffic during pregnancy, has recently been identified in healthy adults and in patients with scleroderma (systemic sclerosis [SSc]). This study was undertaken to investigate the frequency and quantita
Progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) is a connective tissue disease of unknown etiology (1). The demonstration of a mononuclear cell infiltrate in the early lesions of scleroderma and the frequent occurrence of serologic abnormalities suggest an immunologic pathogenesis for this disease (1).