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Editorial
. 2025 Aug 6;47(1):33.
doi: 10.1007/s00281-025-01060-x.

Micro-chimerism: from evolution to revolution

Christopher Urbschat  1   2 , Petra C Arck  3   4   5
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Editorial

Micro-chimerism: from evolution to revolution

Christopher Urbschat et al. Semin Immunopathol. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interests: PA is the Editor-in-Chief of this Journal. Thus, an independent Editor supervised the review process. The journal or publisher has not given this manuscript priority. The other author has no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.

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Types of chimerism and their modes of acquisition
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