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In defense of self : how the immune system really works / William R. Clark.
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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-
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Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: QW504 .C596 2008
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Call Number: QW504 .C596 2008
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Library of Congress Subjects:Immunology.
Immunity.
Immunologic diseases.
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Medical Subjects: Immune System--physiology.
Immune System--physiopathology.
Immunotherapy.
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Description:vi, 265 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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Notes:Includes index.
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ISBN:9780195336634 (alk. paper)
0195336631 (alk. paper)
9780195335552 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195335554 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780195311266 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195311264 (cloth : alk. paper)
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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.