Does allo-immune reactivity play a role in the prenatal programming of childhood allergy?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-407

  Karmaus, W ^a   Gangur, V ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLERGY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EDITORIAL; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CHILD; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ISOANTIGENS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 17744370162     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02218.x     Document Type: Editorial

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