Immunologic components of human milk


Published: June 9, 2009
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The ontogeny of immune system starts early in the embryo continues during fetal life and is completed only several years after birth.1 In addition, the fetus, who develops in a highly protective germ-free environment, lacks antigenic experience. These factors cause problems of immunological adaptation during the transitional period from the intra- to the extra-uterine life, and are responsible for the physiological immaturity of the immune function in newborn infants.2

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Chirico, G., & Gasparoni, A. (2009). Immunologic components of human milk. Hematology Meeting Reports (formerly Haematologica Reports), 2(10). https://doi.org/10.4081/hmr.v2i10.448

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