Recent results on the development of fetal immune system: Self, epigenetic regulation, fetal immune responses

Maternal Fetal Transmission of Human Viruses and their Influence on Tumorigenesis

Volumn 9789400742161, Issue , 2012, Pages 51-82

  Ay, Eva ^a   Buzas, Krisztina ^a   Banati, Ferenc ^a   Minarovits, Janos ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4216-1_2     Document Type: Chapter

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