During the last thirty years we have undergone a revolution in our thinking on
autoantibodies, autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases. From “horror autotoxicus” we have …

This book is a direct result of 10 years of the well-known" Autoimmunity Days" in Israel,
which are increasingly becoming an international focal point for autoimmunity scientists. Top …

The mechanisms for achieving self/non-self distinction include clonal deletion, clonal
anergy, and clonal balance. Clonal deletion results in the elimination of self-reactive T cells …

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In modern Immunology, autoimmune diseases (AID) have a profound heuristic value that is
not often considered. Every third year, in International Congresses such as this one, we are …

The problem of autoimmunity has occupied a central position in immunology for at least the
past 85 years. The major issue, until recently, has been to explain how the body generates …

My assignment is to look at autoimmune disease as one ofthe growing points of medicine
and as a field of perhaps even greater future importance. Briefly, I shall try first to state what I …

The immune system has evolved mechanisms enabli ng it to discriminate between self and
non-self constituents. A normally functioning organism is naturally unresponsive to self …

First Published in 1988, this book offers a full, comprehensive guide to autoimmunity.
Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of notes, diagrams, and references this …

Autoimmunity is a normal event, while autoimmune diseases result from an aberration of this
normal phenomenon. The etiology of this switch is considered multifactorial with the final …