1                          Unexpectedly, a few rheumatoid nodules also contained microchimerism without

2 sized that microchimerism is also present in rheumatoid nodules and could play a role in rheumatoid n

3     This study was undertaken to investigate rheumatoid nodules for microchimerism.

4  rheumatoid nodules and could play a role in rheumatoid nodule formation.

5 A genotyping of patients and family members, rheumatoid nodules from 1 man and 14 women were tested b

6                                              Rheumatoid nodules from 21% of the female patients conta

7                                          The rheumatoid nodule is a lesion commonly found on extraart

8 litis were significantly more likely to have rheumatoid nodules (odds ratio [OR] 2.5, 95% confidence

9                                          The rheumatoid nodules of 29 female patients were tested for

10  microchimerism is frequently present in the rheumatoid nodules of RA patients.

11 id arthritis and extraarticular involvement (rheumatoid nodules on the right elbow) presented with pe

12 tically disparate, whether microchimerism in rheumatoid nodules serves as an allogeneic stimulus or a

13                               After 3 years, rheumatoid nodules were significantly more common in smo

14                                              Rheumatoid nodules were tested for microchimerism by rea