An antiboy antibody? Re-examination of the maternal immune hypothesis

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 905-921

  Whitehead, N E ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BISEXUALITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNIZATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOCIAL LEARNING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34848845891     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932007001903     Document Type: Article

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