Treatment of autoimmune disorders

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Sticherling Michael; Christophers Enno
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Wien
Publication Dates: c2003.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Springer medicine
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Carrier Form: viii, 176 p.: ill.
ISBN: 3211837728 (alk. paper)
Index Number: R459
CLC: R459.9-532
R593.205-532
R392-532
Call Number: R593.205-532/T784/[2003?]
Contents: Papers from an annual scientific symposium.
Includes bibliographical references.
Progress in basic and clinical immunology within the last two decades has provided profound insight into the immune system and its role in preventing endogenous and exogenous damage. In contrast, disbalances within this system can result in autoimmune disorders which may affect diverse organs and result in distinct clinical pictures. In many of these, however, the individual etiopathogenetic mechanisms are poorly understood and even more their clinical symptoms are hard to treat. The book offers insight into basic mechanisms of autoimmune disorders. It includes neurological, gastrointestinal