A Research Study of the Association between Maternal Microchimerism and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Adults: A Comparison between Patients and Healthy Controls Based on Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Using Quantitative Real-Time PCR

Anna Maria Jonsson Kanold; Elisabet Svenungsson; Iva Gunnarsson; Cecilia Götherström; Leonid Padyukov; Nikos Papadogiannakis; Mehmet Uzunel; Magnus Westgren

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074534

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A Research Study of the Association between Maternal Microchimerism and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Adults: A Comparison between Patients and Healthy Controls Based on Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Using Quantitative Real-Time PCR

Anna Maria Jonsson Kanold ,

* E-mail: anna.kanold@karolinska.se

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Fetal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Elisabet Svenungsson,

Affiliation Department of Medicine Solna, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Iva Gunnarsson,

Affiliation Department of Medicine Solna, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Cecilia Götherström,

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Fetal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Division for Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Leonid Padyukov,

Affiliation Department of Medicine Solna, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Nikos Papadogiannakis,

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of PathologySection of Perinatal Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Mehmet Uzunel,

Affiliation Division for Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Magnus Westgren

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Fetal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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A Research Study of the Association between Maternal Microchimerism and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Adults: A Comparison between Patients and Healthy Controls Based on Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Using Quantitative Real-Time PCR

Anna Maria Jonsson Kanold,
Elisabet Svenungsson,
Iva Gunnarsson,
Cecilia Götherström,
Leonid Padyukov,
Nikos Papadogiannakis,
Mehmet Uzunel,
Magnus Westgren

Published: September 11, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074534

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