The Immunity of the Human Foetus and Newborn Infant

Abstract

Originally published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague in 1982 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1 st edition 1982 Alt rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval ~ystem, or transmitted in atry form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Springer-Science+Business Media, B. V. ISBN 978-90-247-2443-7 ISBN 978-94-017-4934-3 (eBook)

Human Growth

“…newborn and still more so the fetus react very slowly and badly to antigens, but cell-mediated responses can be detected as soon as small lymphocytes appear in the circulation (Miller, 1966;Rosen, 1976), so from that time onward the mechanisms are there.…”