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Do maternal cells trigger or perpetuate autoimmune diseases in children?

The placental barrier is not the impenetrable wall that it was once presumed to be. During pregnancy, fetal cells pass into the mother, where they persist for decades after the pregnancy, leading to fetal microchimerism (FMc). Maternal cells also pass into the fetus, where they can persist long afte...

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Autor principal: Stevens, Anne M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1892552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17550578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-5-9