Fetal microchimeric cells in blood of women with an autoimmune thyroid disease.

<h4>Context</h4>Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and Graves' disease (GD), two autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD), occur more frequently in women than in men and show an increased incidence in the years following parturition. Persisting fetal cells could play a role in the developm...

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Main Authors: Trees Lepez, Mado Vandewoestyne, Shahid Hussain, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Kris Poppe, Brigitte Velkeniers, Jean-Marc Kaufman, Dieter Deforce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22216337/pdf/?tool=EBI