title: Stress, immune function, and relationship to pregnancy outcome.
abstract: Pregnancy and the postpartal period are a time of immunosuppression. The normal immunosuppression that occurs during the puerperium may be aggravated by stress. Normal mechanisms of immunosuppression are discussed, and the research related to stress and childbearing is examined in this article.
authors.affiliation: Health Care of Women and Childbearing Families Division, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gennaro
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Fehder
mesh_terms: D000917:Antibody Formation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000502:physiology*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000523:psychology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000503:physiopathology*