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Little attention has been paid to the possibility that the immunoprotection conferred by breast milk may vary from mother to mother and that in some cases the milk may even be deficient in protective factors, which might result, for instance, in the development of food allergy. An earlier study showed that milk samples from mothers whose infants showed symptoms suggestive of cow milk (CM) allergy had low total IgA contents and low levels of IgA antibodies to cow milk1.
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Savilahti, E. et al. (1991). Levels of IgA and Cow Milk Antibodies in Breast Milk vs. the Development of Atopy in Children. Low Colostral IgA Associated with Cow Milk Allergy. In: Mestecky, J., Blair, C., Ogra, P.L. (eds) Immunology of Milk and the Neonate. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 310. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3838-7_54
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