Idiotypes in Medicine: Autoimmunity, Infection and Cancer

Idiotypes in Medicine: Autoimmunity, Infection and Cancer
ISBN-10
0080534430
ISBN-13
9780080534435
Category
Medical
Pages
540
Language
English
Published
1997-11-19
Publisher
Elsevier
Authors
Yehuda Shoenfeld, R.C. Kennedy, S. Ferrone

Description

This is the most comprehensive review of the idiotypic network available. All the current knowledge of idiotypes of the various antibodies is incorporated in this volume. The pathogenic role of idiotypes in autoimmunity and cancer is reviewed in depth. The therapeutic part focusses on harnessing anti-idiotypes for treating autoimmunological disorders, and on the employment of idiotypes for vaccines in cancer and infectious diseases, as well as explaining the manipulation of the idiotypic network in autoimmunity and cancer idiotypes and vaccines.

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