Immunological aspects of infection in the fetus and newborn / editors, H.P. Lambert, C.B.S. Wood. - London ; New York : Academic Press, c1981. - xii, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"Second Beecham Symposium held at the Medical Society of London on 19th-21st September 1979."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Clinical aspects of pre and perinatal infection / W.C. Marshall -- Ontogeny of complement, lysozyme, and lactoferrin in man / Matteo Adinolfi -- Role of the placenta in protecting the fetus from infection / W. Page Faulk -- Clinical problems in postnatal infection / C.B.S. Wood -- The nature and role of mucosal surface immunity against infection in the newborn / W. Allan Walker -- Development and maturation of immunity in the newborn / A.R. Hayward -- The role of milk and gut flora in protection of the newborn against infection / J.J. Bullen -- Humoral and cellular immunities transmitted by breastmilk / L. Mellander ... et al. -- The contributions of milk to resistance to intestinal infection in the newborn / Bruno Reiter -- Advances in immunization for protection of the fetus and newborn against infection / J.W.G. Smith -- Damage to the fetus and newborn from prophylactic procedures / W.C. Marshall -- Future prospects for protection of the fetus and newborn / A.C. Allison.

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Fetus--Diseases--Immunological aspects--Congresses.
Neonatal infections--Immunological aspects--Congresses.
Immunology, Developmental--Congresses.

RG629.I53 / I45 1981

618.92/01