Encyclopedia of Immunotoxicology [Hardcover]

This work provides rapid access to focused information on topics of Immunotoxicology not only for scientists and those dealing with laboratory aspects but also for lecturers and advanced students. Over 200 contributing authors - including many of the world's top specialists - have contributed full essays on all relevant topics, supplemented by keyword definitions of related terms. Full essays are structured uniformly to provide reader-friendly information on all aspects of Immunotoxicology, including methods of testing and analysis, characteristics of substances, the regulatory environment and the relevance of these to humans.This encyclopedia provides rapid access to focused information on all aspects of immunotoxicology, including methods of testing and analysis, characteristics of substances, the regulatory environment and the relevance of these to humans.

AB0 Blood Group System.- Aging and the Immune System.- Animal Models for Respiratory Hypersensitivity.- Animal Models of Immunodeficiency.- Anti-Inflammatory (Nonsteroidal) Drugs.-

Antibodies, Antigenicity of.- Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity.- Antigen Presentation via MHC Class II Molecules.- Antigen-Presenting Cell (APC).- Antigen-Specific Cell Enrichment.- Antiglobulin (Coombs) Test.- Antinuclear Antibodies.- Apoptosis.- Assays for Antibody Production.-

Asthma.- Atopic Allergy.- Attenuated Organisms as Vaccines.- Autoantibodies, Tests for Autoantigens.- Autoimmune Disease, Animal Models.- Autoimmunity, Autoimmune Diseases.-

B Cell Maturation and Immunological Memory.- B Lymphocytes.- Biological drugs, immunosuppression and modulation.- Birth Defects, Immune Protection Against.- Blood Coagulation.- Bone Marrow and Hematopoiesis.- Brain-Immune Interactions.- Cancer and the Immune System.- Canine Immune System.- Carcinogenesis.- Cardiac Disease, Autoimmune

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