How the immune system works / Lauren Sompayrac.

Author/creator Sompayrac, Lauren
Format Book
Edition3rd ed.
Publication InfoMalden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
Descriptionvii, 134 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Subjects

SeriesDoody Core title list
Doody Core title list. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents An overview -- The innate immune system -- B cells and antibodies -- The magic of antigen presentation -- T cells and cytokines -- Lymphoid organs and lymphocyte trafficking -- Turning off the immune system -- Tolerance induction and MHC restriction -- Immunological memory and vaccines -- Immunopathology : the immune system gone wrong -- Cancer and the immune system -- A critique of the immune system.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2007036835
ISBN9781405162210 :
ISBN140516221X