Immune-mediated diseases: Where do we stand?

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 601, Issue , 2007, Pages 3-12

  Shurin, Michael R ^a   Smolkin, Yuri S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Clinical and Research Center for Allergy and Immunology   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 34848894307     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72005-0_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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