Introduction to immunology and autoimmunity

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1999, Pages 661-665

  Smith, Dorinda A ^a   Germolec, Dori R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmune disease; Autoimmunity; Autoreactive immunity; Immunity; Mechanisms; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTERITIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFERTILITY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCLERODERMA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYROIDITIS;

SCLERODERMA;

EID: 0032699773     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107s5661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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