TY - BOOK AU - Marwa Kamal Mohammed AU - Ashraf Elsaied Abdelhamid , AU - Mona Abdelwahab Abdelmeseih , TI - Immunological significance of human breast milk and its effectiveness in controlling infection and diseases in infants and children / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Marwa Kamal Mohammed , KW - Antimicrobial factors of breast milk KW - Human milk proteins and multifuctional agents that work in synergy KW - Immune protective properties of breast milk N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Microbiology and Immunology; Issued also as CD N2 - The protective effect of breast milk against infection was documented as early as 1892 in medical literature by data proving that milk from various species including humans was protective to offspring . The newborn infant's immune system is immature and inadequate at birth . There are rapid adaptations to the immune system in the early postnatal UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -