This report presents new findings on two conditions that permit genetically disparate tissues to coexist during pregnancy: (a) regulation of major histocompatibility genes in placental trophoblast, and (b) synthesis of uterine and placental polypeptide growth factors with immunosuppressive propertie
Immunobiology of normal and diabetic pregnancy
โ Scribed by Carla Giordano
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 527 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-5699
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