Autoimmune diseases in domestic animals /
Ian R. Tizard, BVMS, PhD, ACVM (Hons), DSc (Hons), University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
- xii, 306 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic immunology : a review -- Immunologic tolerance -- Loss of tolerance -- Genetic factors in autoimmunity -- The microbiota and autoimmunity -- Autoimmune endocrine diseases -- Autoimmune neurologic diseases -- Autoimmune eye diseases -- Autoimmune reproductive diseases -- Autoimmune skin diseases -- Autoimmune blood diseases -- Autoimmune muscle diseases -- Autoimmune and immune-mediated liver and kidney diseases -- Autoinflammatory diseases -- Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Seronegative nonerosive arthropathies -- Immune-mediated vascular diseases -- Immune-mediated enteropathies -- Diagnostic tests for autoimmune diseases -- The treatment of immune-mediated diseases -- Experimental autoimmune disease models.