How the immune system works / Lauren Sompayrac.

  • Sompayrac, Lauren.
Date:
[2003], ©2003
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Publication/Creation

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., [2003], ©2003.

Physical description

ix, 129 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Contributors

Edition

2nd ed.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

An overview -- The innate immune system -- B cells and antibodies -- The magic of antigen presentation -- T cells and cytokines -- Lymphoid organs and lymphocyte trafficking -- Tolerance induction and MHC restriction -- Immunopathology: the immune system gone wrong -- Cancer and the immune system.

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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QW504 2003S69h
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 063204702X