Editorial: Pathogen infection and autoimmunity

International Reviews of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 261-265

  Christen, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMPLICATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION;

EID: 84903777538     PISSN: 08830185     EISSN: 15635244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08830185.2014.897345     Document Type: Review

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