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The autoimmune diseases / edited by Noel R. Rose, Ian R. Mackay.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autoimmune diseases.
- Immunologic diseases.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1161 p.)
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- St. Louis, MO ; London : Elsevier Academic Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since publication of the Third Edition in 1998, the understanding of the immune mechanisms underlying autoimmunity and autoimmune disease has significantly deepened and broadened. This Fourth Edition incorporates new material and combines common themes underlying inductive and effector mechanisms and therapies that relate generally to the autoimmune disorders. It discusses the biological basis of disease at genetic, molecular, cellular, and epidemiologic levels.New to This Edition:* Tissue-specific interventions to arrest or ""cure"" autoimmune disease* Bone marrow eradication
- Contents:
- front cover; copyright; table of contents; front matter; Editorial Advisory Board; Contributors; Reviewers; Acknowledgments; Prospectus: The Road to Autoimmune Disease; body; Section I Immunologic Basis of Autoimmunity; Section II Autoimmune Diseases - Multisystem Diseases; Section III Diagnosis, Prevention, and Therapy; Section IV Epilogue; index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-62866-9
- 9786610628667
- 0-08-045474-7
- OCLC:
- 475997209
- Publisher Number:
- 9780125959612
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