Human chimerism.
After a short survey of the various kinds of human chimerism, 2 examples of spontaneous and permanent chimeras are presented: one case of blood chimerism in dizygotic male twins and a second case showing only one population of erythrocytes, lymphocytes and fibroblasts, in which the chimerism could only be detected by investigating the progeny of the proposita.
D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D002678:Chimera; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006238:Haploidy; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D014427:Twins
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D006680:HLA Antigens