The Autoimmune Diseases. Edition No. 4

Elsevier Science and Technology, May 2006, Pages: 1160

Since publication of the Third Edition in 1998, the understanding of the immune mechanisms underlying autoimmunity and autoimmune disease has significantly deepened and broadened. This Fourth Edition incorporates new material and combines common themes underlying inductive and effector mechanisms and therapies that relate generally to the autoimmune disorders. It discusses the biological basis of disease at genetic, molecular, cellular, and epidemiologic levels.

New to This Edition:
Tissue-specific interventions to arrest or "cure" autoimmune disease
Bone marrow eradication and replacement
Both basic science and clinical medicine is covered
Boxed points to emphasize key features of each chapter

GENERAL AND BASIC IMMUNOLOGY
SPECIFIC AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
RHEUMATIC DISEASES
ENDOCRINE/EXOCRINE DISEASES
HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES
NERVOUS/MUSCULOSKELETAL/SKIN DISEASES
PRACTICE

Mackay, Ian R.
Rose, Noel Richard

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