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Author Clark, William R., 1938-

Title In defense of self [electronic resource] : how the immune system really works / William R. Clark.

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Description vi. 265 p. : ill.
Note Includes index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Immunology.
Immunity.
Immunologic diseases.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780195311266 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195311264 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780195336634 (alk. paper)
0195336631 (alk. paper)
9780195335552 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195335554 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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