Immunodeficiency and Disease

The AIDS epidemic has popularized immune deficiency and has led to a rapid increase in the funding for research into the effect of viruses on immunity. There is now a real possibility of finding out whether some of the rare, so-called 'primary' immunodeficiency syndromes of children and ad...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Webster, A.D.B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1988, 1988
Edition:1st ed. 1988
Series:Immunology and Medicine
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 AIDS and the new viruses
  • 2 Hypogammaglobulinaemia: recent advances
  • 3 Immunoglobulin replacement therapy
  • 4 Chronic herpes virus infections
  • 5 Clinical significance of IgG subclass and IgA deficiency
  • 6 Metabolic causes of immune deficiency: mechanisms and treatment
  • 7 Interferon deficiency syndrome
  • 8 Neutrophil and complement defects: recent advances