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Review
. 2003 Dec;30(4):623-36.
doi: 10.1016/s0889-8545(03)00085-8.

Maternal immunization

Stanley A Gall  1
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Review

Maternal immunization

Stanley A Gall. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

Maternal immunization embraces the concepts that vaccines given to pregnant women enhance their resistance to vaccine-preventable diseases and passive antibodies that cross the placenta protect the neonate for the first 3 to 6 months of life. It is a great public health move to get excellent protection at a small cost. Because all recommended vaccines for use in pregnancy are safe, it makes good sense to bring patients up to date on vaccines.

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