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BL
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717689
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b537376
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edited by Michael B.A. Oldstone.
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Molecular Mimicry : : Cross-Reactivity Between Microbes and Host Proteins as a Cause of Autoimmunity\ edited by Michael B.A. Oldstone.
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| Publication Statement
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Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1989
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| Series Statement
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Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 145.
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(vii, 141 pages 28 illustrations)
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| ISBN
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3642745946
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: 9783642745942
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| Contents
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Overview: Infectious Agents as Etiologic Triggers of Autoimmune Disease --;Cross-Reactivity Between Streptococcus and Human Tissue: A Model of Molecular Mimicry and Autoimmunity --;A Cartilage-Mimicking T-Cell Epitope on a 65K Mycobacterial Heat-Shock Protein: Adjuvant Arthritis as a Model for Human Rheumatoid Arthritis --;Klebsiella pneumoniae and HLA B27-Associated Diseases of Reiter's Syndrome and Ankylosing Spondylitis --;Molecular Mimicry and Microorganisms: A Role in the Pathogenesis of Myasthenia Gravis? --;Celiac Disease: Adenovirus and Alpha Gliadin --;Autoimmunity and Chagas' Disease --;Immune Responses against Myelin Basic Protein and/or Galactocerebroside Cross-React with Viruses: Implications for Demyelinating Disease --;Molecular Mimicry: Parasite Evasion and Host Defense --;Molecular Mimicry and Diabetes --;Molecular Mimicry as a Mechanism for the Cause and as a Probe Uncovering Etiologic Agent(s) of Autoimmune Disease --;Subject Index.
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This volume focuses on the evidence for or against molecular mimicry as a cause of autoimmunity.
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Immunology.
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Medicine.
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Microbiology.
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QR188.3E358 1989
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Michael B A Oldstone
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