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THE fœtal part of the placenta may be looked on as a homograft. With the exception of intra-inbred matings, it should possess a different genetic constitution from the mother's tissues, and its syncytium is in close contact with maternal blood in the intervillous spaces and to some extent with the endometrium and even the myometrium.
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HAŠKOVÁ, V. Transplantation Non-antigenicity of the Fœtal Placenta. Nature 193, 278–279 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193278b0
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