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Idiotypes in Medicine: Autoimmunity, Infection and Cancer. Autoimmunity, Infection and Cancer

By Yehuda Shoenfeld , Ronald C. Kennedy and Soldano Ferrone (Eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1997
ISBN
978-0-444-82807-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (27092461 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
513\513
Time added
2013-12-20 15:00:00

Description

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

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