Autoimmunity and the EyeManfred Zierhut, Michael Raizman, Hans Jurgen Thiel This text on autoimmunity and the eye covers topics such as the role of natural autoimmunity, tolerance in autoimmunity, preparation of selt peptides by MHC molecules, T-cell and B-cell responses in autoimmunity, molecular mimicry, heatshock proteins, ocular pemphigoid, and myasthenia gravia. |
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