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Immunological factors in spontaneous abortion

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Spontaneous Abortion

Part of the book series: Advances in Reproductive Health Care ((ARHE,volume 2))

Abstract

The immunology of the materno-fetal relationship goes in a manner contravening the principles of transplantation immunity, i.e. the fetus receives passive immunity from its mother while developing its immune competence. The mother maintains her own abilities though not rejecting the trophoblast and placenta, which do not act as a complete tissue barrier and act in certain situations as a filter allowing the passage of potentially antigenic material between the mother and the fetus.

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Kandil, O., El-Sheikha, Z., El-Mekkawi, T., Mousa, M. (1984). Immunological factors in spontaneous abortion. In: Hafez, E.S.E. (eds) Spontaneous Abortion. Advances in Reproductive Health Care, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9789-5_27

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