| Title |
Fetal Microchimeric Cells in Blood of Women with an Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0029646 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Trees Lepez, Mado Vandewoestyne, Shahid Hussain, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Kris Poppe, Brigitte Velkeniers, Jean-Marc Kaufman, Dieter Deforce |
| Abstract |
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 development of these diseases. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 44 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 44 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 9% |
| Researcher | 4 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 9 | 20% |
| Unknown | 8 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 25% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 20% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 14% |
| Psychology | 3 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 14% |
| Unknown | 7 | 16% |