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The Immunology of Diseases of Pregnancy

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Immunology of Pregnancy and its Disorders

Part of the book series: Immunology and Medicine Series ((IMME,volume 10))

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The fundamental importance to the body of the immune system is evident in the following quintessential summary of its primary function — the recognition and protection of self self and the recognition and eradication of non-self Pregnancy, in which the mother is by definition carrying a partially ’foreign’ fetus, must, therefore, involve an accommodation of her immune system to this extraordinary phenomenon. This has been discussed in previous chapters.

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Stirrat, G.M. (1989). The Immunology of Diseases of Pregnancy. In: Stern, C.M.M. (eds) Immunology of Pregnancy and its Disorders. Immunology and Medicine Series, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1247-2_6

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