Clark, William R.,  1938- <br/><br/>
In defense of self :  how the immune system really works / 
William R. Clark. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2008. 
 - vi. 265 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195311266 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195311264 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780195336634 (alk. paper) 0195336631 (alk. paper) 9780195335552 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0195335554 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006021047 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA812953  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101280043  DNLM 014507681  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Immunology.<br/>Immunity.<br/>Immunologic diseases.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QR181.7  / .C5532 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.07/9 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2008 C-442 QW 504  / C596i 2008