Immunological Aspects of Gastroenterology

by Dionysios Veronikis, Harold Goodglass, Daniel Nachtsheim, et al.

Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are common. There is increasing appreciation of the importance of the immune system in the pathogenesis of a number of these diseases. This book covers basic aspects of innate and adaptive immunity in the gastrointestinal tract, oral tolerance, and cellular and molecular mechanisms of acute and chronic inflammation. Specific disease covered include bacterial infections, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792370716
• ISBN13: 9780792370710
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"