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Fetal antigens include paternally‐inherited MHC and minor histocompatibility (H) antigens, blood group antigens, and fetus/placenta‐specific antigens that may be recognized as “former self” by the maternal immune system. These antigens access maternal blood and tissues through fetal microchimerism, placental shedding, and intermixing of maternal and fetal blood at childbirth
