Article: Immune System Development

Immune system development

Definition

The child's immune system is an intricate network of interdependent cell types, substances, and organs that collectively protect the body from bacterial, parasitic, fungal, viral infections, and tumor cells.

Description

The immune system was not recognized as a functional unit of the body until the late twentieth century,

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