Microchimerism in Japanese women patients with systemic sclerosis.
To examine whether microchimerism occurs in Japanese women patients with systemic sclerosis, we analysed the Y-chromosome in DNA by PCR. There was no significant difference between patients and healthy people, suggesting that microchimerism may not be the sole pathogenesis in Japanese women with systemic sclerosis.
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D002678:Chimera; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009030:Mosaicism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000235:genetics*; D014998:Y Chromosome