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• Title:In defense of self : how the immune system really works / William R. Clark.
  
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• Author/Creator:Clark, William R., 1938-
  
• Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QW504 .C596 2008
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QW504 .C596 2008
    
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  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Immunology.
  Immunity.
  Immunologic diseases.
  
• Medical Subjects: Immune System--physiology.
  Immune System--physiopathology.
  Immunotherapy.
  
• Description:vi, 265 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9780195336634 (alk. paper)
  0195336631 (alk. paper)
  9780195335552 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  0195335554 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  9780195311266 (cloth : alk. paper)
  0195311264 (cloth : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Pt. 1. How the Immune System Works
  1. What Is an Immune System?
  2. Antibodies
  3. How Do Antibodies Work?
  4. T Cells: The Second Arm of Adaptive Immunity
  Pt. 2. Immune System in Health and Disease
  5. Immune Response to Infectious Disease: All-Out War!
  6. When the Immune System Is the Problem, Not the Solution: Microbial Immunopathology
  7. Vaccines: How They Work, Why They Sometimes Don't, and What We Can Do About It
  8. When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down: HIV/AIDS
  9. When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down: Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases
  10. When the Immune System Is the Problem, Not the Solution: Hypersensitivity and Allergy
  11. Immune System and Cancer
  12. Autoimmunity
  13. Organ Transplantation
  14. First Defense: The Immune System and Bioterrorism.