The autoimmune diseases (Elsevier / Academic Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Front cover; copyright; table of contents; front matter; Editorial Advisory Board; Contributors; Reviewers; Acknowledgments; Prospectus: The Road to Autoimmune Disease; body; Section I Immunologic Basis of Autoimmunity; Section II Autoimmune Diseases -- Multisystem Diseases; Section III Diagnosis, Prevention, and Therapy; Section IV Epilogue; index
Provides the understanding of the immune mechanisms underlying autoimmunity and autoimmune disease. This book combines common themes underlying inductive and effector mechanisms and therapies that relate generally to the autoimmune disorders. It discusses the biological basis of disease at genetic, molecular, cellular, and epidemiologic levels