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020			_a9780199725465 _q(electronic bk.)
020			_z9780195336634
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050		4	_aQR181.7.C5532 2007
082	0		_a616.07/9
100	1		_aClark, William R.
245	1	0	_aIn Defense of Self : _bHow the Immune System Really Works.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, Incorporated, _c1983.
264		4	_c©1983.
300			_a1 online resource (276 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Part 1: How the Immune System Works -- 1 What Is an Immune System? -- 2 Antibodies -- 3 How Do Antibodies Work? -- 4 T Cells: The Second Arm of Adaptive Immunity -- Part 2: The Immune System in Health and Disease -- 5 The Immune Response to Infectious Disease: All-Out War! -- 6 When the Immune System Is the Problem, Not the Solution: Microbial Immunopathology -- 7 Vaccines: How They Work, Why They Sometimes Don't, and What We Can Do About It -- 8 When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down: HIV/AIDS -- 9 When the Wall Comes Tumbling Down: Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases -- 10 When the Immune System Is the Problem, Not the Solution: Hypersensitivity and Allergy -- 11 The Immune System and Cancer -- 12 Autoimmunity -- 13 Organ Transplantation -- 14 First Defense: The Immune System and Bioterrorism -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
520			_aIn In Defense of Self, William Clark invites you on a whirlwind tour of your immune system. Along the way, he introduces some of most important medical advances and challenges of the past hundred years, from the development of vaccines and the treatment of allergies, autoimmunity and cancer, to prolonging organ transplants and combating AIDS. William Clark not only explains how a vital part of our bodies works to "serve and protect," he also provides background for the exciting research themes of today that will produce the medical breakthroughs of tomorrow.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aImmunology.
650		0	_aImmunity.
650		0	_aImmunologic diseases.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aClark, William R. _tIn Defense of Self _dOxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c1983 _z9780195336634
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3052138 _zClick to View
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