Friendly Fire: Explaining Autoimmune Disease

by David Isenberg, John Morrow, John Morrow

One in twelve people will eventually be affected by an autoimmune disease, a broad family of diseases which include rheumatoid arthritus, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and AIDS. All are characterized by the immune system turning traitor and attacking the body that houses it, the effects of whichrange from serious skin disease to disease of the heart, lungs, or central nervous system.Friendly Fire first provides the reader with a historical guide to various...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019262220X
• ISBN13: 9780192622204
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"