- Description
- 1 online resource (vi. 265 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- In defense of self (Online)
- Alternative Title
- In defense of self (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2006021047
- OCLC
- ssj0000177623
- 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.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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