In defense of self : how the immune system really works / William R. Clark.
Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: vi. 265 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780195311266 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0195311264 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780195336634 (alk. paper)
- 0195336631 (alk. paper)
- 9780195335552 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0195335554 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 616.07/9 22
- QR181.7 .C5532 2008
- 2008 C-442
- QW 504
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Includes index.
What is an immune system? -- Antibodies -- How do antibodies work? -- T cells: the second arm of adaptive immunity -- The immune response to infectious disease: all out war! -- When the immune system is the problem, and not the solution: microbial immunopatholgoy -- Vaccines: how they work, why sometimes they don't, and what we can do about it --When the walls come tumbling down: HIV/AIDS -- When the walls come tumbling down: primary immune deficiencies -- When the immune system is the problem, and not the solution: hypersensitivity and allergy -- The immune system and cancer -- Autoimmunity -- Organ transplantation -- First defense: the immune system and bioterrorism.
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