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Antigenic Complementarity in the Origins of Autoimmunity: A General Theory Illustrated With a Case Study of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura

We describe a novel, testable theory of autoimmunity, outline novel predictions made by the theory, and illustrate its application to unravelling the possible causes of idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP). Pairs of stereochemically complementary antigens induce complementary immune responses (...

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Autores principales: Root-Bernstein, Robert, Couturier, Jacob
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16603444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17402520600578731