Breast-feeding, a complex support system for the offspring
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Pediatrics International
- Vol. 44 (4) , 347-352
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1442-200x.2002.t01-1-01592.x
Abstract
The newborn has an immune system, very limited in size at birth and its postnatal expansion and maturation takes time. In the meantime the transplacental IgG antibodies from the mother play an import...Keywords
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