New concepts in pathology and treatment of autoimmune disorders /

Autoimmunity, characterized by autoreactive lymphocytes and autoantibodies, is the consequence of a failure to discriminate between self and non-self, and autoimmune diseases are an increasing threat to people living in the industrialized countries. Autoimmune disorders are treatable, but not curabl...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pozzilli, C. (Carlo), Pozzilli, Paolo, Kapp, J.-F. (Joachim-Friedrich), 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, 2001.
Series:Ernst Schering Research Foundation workshop. Supplement ; 7.
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Table of Contents:
  • She, Eckenrode, Ruan, Marron, Li, M.C.K. Yang, J. Yang, Hopkins, Muir and McIndoe: Microarray Technology in the Pathogenesis and Management of Autoimmune Disorders
  • Ristori, Bomprezzi, Buttinelli, Montesperelli, Cannoni, Perna, Mattei, C.Pozzilli, M. Salvetti: New Concepts in Pathology and Treatment of Autoimmune Disorders: MS Perspective
  • P. Pozzilli, G. Coppolino, L. Monetini, L. Nistic: Type 1 Diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis: Similarities and Dissimilarities
  • R. Hohlfeld: Immunotherapeutic Strategies for Multiple Sclerosis
  • Bielekova and Martin: Specific Immunotherapy of Multiple Sclerosis by Altered Peptide Ligands - Risk or Benefit?- MacDonald, Nagata, Fairclough, McKenzie: Mucosal Immunity - A Key to Tolerance
  • Berney and Ricordi: New Strategies in Clinical Islet Cell Transplantation
  • Passweg, Gratwohl and Tyndall: Autologous Hemopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation for Autoimmune Disease.