The Immunity of the Human Foetus and Newborn Infant
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1982, 1982
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1982 |
| Series: | Developments in Perinatal Medicine
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- — what is ontogenesis?
- Ontogenesis of immunity of the human foetus
- Development of the cellular substrate of the immune system
- Development of the lymphatic system
- Synthesis of immunologically active proteins — the complement components and immunoglobulins — in the foetal period
- B lymphocytes with surface membrane immunoglobulins
- Transmission of antibodies and immunoglobulins from mother to foetus
- Antibacterial mechanisms of the amniotic fluid
- Ontogenesis of the foetus‘s cellular immunity
- Chronological survey of the commencement of foetal immunocompetence
- Immunity of the physiological neonate
- Natural (nonspecific) neonatal immunity
- Cell-mediated immunity in newborn infants
- Antigenic stimulation of neonatal lymphocytes
- Specific humoral immunity of the newborn infant and its postnatal development
- Immunological significance of maternal milk
- Immunity of the high risk, pathological neonate
- Immunity disturbance of premature and small-for-dates neonates
- Rh isoimmunization — the immunological basis of haemolytic disease of the newborn
- Immunological aspects of perinatal infections
- The immunity of infants with Down’s syndrome
- References