Autoimmunity
Physiology and Disease

Antonio Coutinho (Edited by), A Coutinho (Author), Michael D. Kazatchkine (Edited by)

9780471592273, Wiley

Hardback, published 20 January 1994

474 pages
24 x 16 x 3.5 cm, 0.992 kg

Presents a coherent view of autoreactivity in health and disease and considers potential new approaches to the therapy of autoimmune diseases. This volume is a vital source of information for clinicians, researchers, faculty, and students in microbiology, immunology and pathology.

Partial table of contents:

PHYSIOLOGICAL AUTOREACTIVITY.

Autoimmunity Today (A. Coutinho & M. Kazatchkine).

Light Chain Variable Region Gene Repertoire in Human Autoantibodies(K. Victor & J. Capra).

Stimulation of T and B Cells (J. Andersson, et al.).

Lymphocyte Population Kinetics: A Cellular Competition Model (A.Freitas & B. Rocha).

Tolerance and Autoimmunity in the Peripheral T-Cell Repertoire (J.Miller).

Autoimmunity and Idiotypic Networks (J. Stewart).

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.

Boundaries Between Physiological Autoreactivity and PathologicalAutoimmunity (M. Kazatchkine & A. Coutinho).

Immunological Disturbances Responsible for Graves' Disease (J.Dwyer).

Is Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis a Model of MultipleSclerosis?

(E. Heber-Katz).

Immunodeficiency and Autoimmunity (F. Rosen).

Autoimmunity Tomorrow (A. Coutinho & M. Kazatchkine).

Index.

Subject Areas: Clinical & internal medicine [MJ]