Idiotypes in medicine : autoimmunity, infection, and cancer /

This is the most comprehensive review of the idiotypic network available. All the current knowledge of idiotypes of the various antibodies is incorporated in this volume. The pathogenic role of idiotypes in autoimmunity and cancer is reviewed in depth. The therapeutic part focusses on harnessing ant...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Shoenfeld, Yehuda, 1948-, Kennedy, Ronald C., Ferrone, Soldano, 1940-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1997.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This is the most comprehensive review of the idiotypic network available. All the current knowledge of idiotypes of the various antibodies is incorporated in this volume. The pathogenic role of idiotypes in autoimmunity and cancer is reviewed in depth. The therapeutic part focusses on harnessing anti-idiotypes for treating autoimmunological disorders, and on the employment of idiotypes for vaccines in cancer and infectious diseases, as well as explaining the manipulation of the idiotypic network in autoimmunity and cancer idiotypes and vaccines.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 540 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780444828071
0444828079
9780080534435
0080534430
1281060003
9781281060006
9786611060008
6611060006