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Liz Cammin <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 14 May 2008 19:40:37 -0400
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[log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I have permission to post.
> Pregnant mom was diagnosed with severe neutropenia about 2 years ago.  Her body produces an antibody that attacks her own white blood cells (neutrophils) and causes chronic low white blood cell counts.  
You asked if the baby could get antibodies passed along in Mom's milk.  
I don't know anything about this disease, but I wonder if the antibodies 
would be destroyed in the stomach, even if they are in the milk? 

Liz Cammin, RN, LLLL

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