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Development of the immune response
Author(s) -
HAYWARD A. R.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1973.tb03061.x
Subject(s) - immunology , context (archaeology) , immune system , antigen , immunodeficiency , immunity , allergy , immunopathology , medicine , biology , paleontology
Summary The association of immunodeficiency with allergy is increasingly recognized. It is likely that defective antigen handling as a consequence of subtle degrees of immunodeficiency could predispose an individual to clinical allergy. Patterns of antigen handling established at first contact after birth with an antigen may affect the course of immune responses to the same antigen in subsequent years. It is in this context that the maturity of immunity mechanisms in the perinatal period is particularly relevant.