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Mancy Tong1, Vikki M Abrahams2

  • 1Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, 310 Cedar Street, LSOG 309A, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America
|February 4, 2020
PubMed

Keywords:
Immune adaptationInnate immunePattern recognitionPreeclampsiaPregnancy lossPreterm birthToleranceTrophoblast

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