The Mosaic of Autoimmunity: The Factors Associated With Autoimmune Disease (Research Monographs in Immunology, Vol 12)

by David Isenberg and Yehuda Shoenfeld

Book Overview

This book comprehensively sets out the common aetiopathogenetic mechanisms shared by many, apparently diverse, diseases of the immune system. Unlike most other texts it does not emphasise the differences between autoimmune diseases, but establishes their many common links including hormonal effects, dietary and immunogenetic influences, complement deficiencies and environmental factors. Special attention is given to the effects of ageing and the relationship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444811842
• ISBN13: 9780444811844
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.