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| The Immune System - Wikipedia | |
| A 4-pages introduction to The Immune System - Nobel Foundation | |
| Immunology Online , an online book [Goldsby et al.] | |
| Understanding the Immune System and cancer - NCI/NIH (US) | |
| The Anatomy of the Immune System , and an Immunology Glossary - Univ of Leicester (UK) | |
| The Immune System [P Bugl] - Univ of Hartford (US) | |
| Basic Immunology [G Heath] - Optometry Today, Feb 2002 (UK) | |
| Immunobiology. 5th ed. [Janeway et al., 2001; online book] - via PubMed, NLM (US) | |
| The Lymphatic System and Immunity [MJ Farabee] | |
| How Your Immune System Works [M Brain] | |
| Images in Immunopathology - WebPath, Utah (US) | |
| The Innate Immune System , and about Adaptive Immunity , commented and illustrated [lecture guide GE Kaiser] - (US) | |
| On Infection and Immunity - Univ of Leicester/Microbiology (UK) | |
| Phagocytes in the human body - Cancer.gov | |
| Tissue Typing - J Kimball's Biology Pages (US) | |
| Information on Pediatric Rheumatologic Diseases - Printo (IT) | |
| See also under Musculoskeletal Diseases [links] - KIB (SE) | |
| Papers in Reproductive Immunology - Finch Univ., Chicago (US) | |
| Ocular Immunology - MEEI/Harvard | |
| Immunology Overview [Goldman & Prabhakar] - via NLM (US) | |
| Immune Defenses (against infections) and How Microbes Evade the Human Immune Reaction [P Millikin] - UIC/Pathology (US) | |
| About Inhaled and Oral Corticosteroids - Nat'l Jewish Med. & Research C. (US) | |
| Ciclosporin (cyclosporine) - Wikipedia | |
| About the ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) and the Western Blot tests - Biology Project, Univ of Arizona (US) | |
| The Antibody Resource Page [K. Shreder] | |
| The Complement System [J Kimball] | |
| About B cells [T Lee] and about Antibodies - Structure & Sequence [A Martin] - Univ. College London (UK) | |
| Hybridoma Technology - Cancer.gov (US) | |
| About some Adhesion Molecules - R&D Systems | |
| About Superantigens - Ohlendorf Lab, Univ of Minnesota (US) | |
| About Regulatory T cells , and T Helper cells [JW Kimball] | |
| About the Thymus gland - Wikipedia, about T cells - Immunology Bookcase/Dalhousie Univ., and about the Spleen - Wikipedia | |
| T Cells [image] - StressTips.com | |
| Cytokines [T Lee] - Dalhouise Univ. (CA) | |
| COPE - Cytokines Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia [H Ibelgaufts] - (DE) | |
| About Cytokines and Receptors - R&D Systems | |
| About Tumor Necrosis Factor ; TNF - OMIM, NLM (US) | |
| Brief facts about Leukocytes and Mast Cells - HON (CH) | |
| How Lymphocytes Produce Antibody - Cells Alive | |
| Chemokines - Background Info - RDI | |
| Chemokines review [2 pages] - State Univ of N.Y./Pathol | |
| On The Placebo Effect - the Skeptic's Dictionary | |
| The International ImMunoGeneTics Database - IMGT (FR) | |
| MHC2TA bioinformatics - Univ of Tampere/Bioinformatics (FI) | |
| About the MHC2TA - OMIM | |
| Vaccines information - WHO | |
| The Vaccine Resource Library at PATH | |
| The Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule - AAFP, 2007-2008 (US) | |
| The US Nat'l Network for Immunization Information | |
| Immunization Schedules , and The Pink Book [on vaccine preventable diseases] - CDC (US) | |
| The Vaccine Page - UniSci | |
| Vaccine Development: Current Status and Future Trends , 2005 - PATH | |
| About Vaccines [J Moodie] - (ZA) | |
| The Nat'l Vaccine Information Center - (US) | |
| Six Common Misconceptions about Vaccination , and about Vaccines and Immunization - CDC | |
| Databse on suspected adverse events following immunisation - Paul Ehrlich Institut (DE) | |
| Immunoglobulin Handbook , indications and dosage for normal/specific preparations - Health Protection Agency (UK) | |
| The importance of injecting vaccines into muscle [editorial] - BMJ, Nov 2000 | |
| Protective immunity by intramuscular injection of low doses of influenza virus DNA vaccines [Ulmer et al; abstract only] - Vaccine, Dec 1994, via PubMed | |
| The DNA Vaccine Web - (US) | |
| La Leche League Int'l (breast feeding) | |
| Recalls and Withdrawals of Vaccines, Blood & Biologics - FDA (US) | |
| International Immunology [journal] | |
| Journal of Immunology - AAI | |
| Immunity (journal) - Cell Press |
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| About Antiphospholipid Syndrome [E Letko] - Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirm. (US) | |||
| Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome - MedicineNet | |||
| The Hughes Syndrome ( Antiphospholipid Syndrome ) Foundation [G Hughes] | |||
| Is it Multiple Sclerosis, or perhaps Hughes Syndrome? - MSRC (UK) | |||
| About Antiphospholipid syndrome (Hughes syndrome) - Wikipedia | |||
| About Antiphospholipid Syndrome , and Sneddon Syndrome - OMIM (US) | |||
| Classification of Sneddon's Syndrome [SM Schellong et al.; abstract] - PubMed (US) |
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| The Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation Inc. (US) | ||||
| Sjögren's Syndrome - Cleveland Clinic (US) | ||||
| Sjögren-Syndrom-Selbsthilfe - Rheuma-Liga Hessen e.V. (DE) | ||||
| About Schirmer's Test - Adam, via MedlinePlus | ||||
| Diagnosis and Management of Dry Eyes - SSF | ||||
| On Sjogren's Syndrome and Estrogen Deficiency [Ishimara et al., abstract only] - Am J Pathol, Oct 2003, via PubMed | ||||
| Sjögren's Syndrome - U of Washington, Seattle (US) |
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| About Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome - MEDLINEPlus/ADAM | ||||
| Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome and Myasthenia Gravis - MDA USA | ||||
| About Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome [P Kleinschmidt] - eMedicine | ||||
| Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome - Wikipedia | ||||
| On Treatment for Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome [abstract] - Cochrane Review |
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| Familial Mediterranean Fever - Merck Manual 17th Ed. | |||
| About Mediterranean Fever, Familial - OMIM, NCBI (US) | |||
| Diagnosis of Familial Mediterranean Fever by a Molecular Genetics Method [Eisenberg et al.] - Annals of Internal Med., Oct 1998 | |||
| Familial Mediterranean Fever [Haghighat et al.] - Shiraz E-Medical J, Apr 2006 | |||
| About Colchicine - Wikipedia |
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| Quick clinical facts about Graft-vs.-Host Disease - CHORUS | ||
| Control of Graft versus Host Disease - BioScience.Org | ||
| A Case of Hemoptysis and Fever [Geraldino & Nine] - Pathol./U of Pittsburgh (US) | ||
| Graft Versus Host Disease [RA Mandanas] - eMedicine | ||
| About Graft Versus Host Disease - US Nat'l Marrow Donor Program | ||
| Chronic Cutaneous Graft-versus-Host Reaction [images] - U of Erlangen (DE) |
| Hypersensitivity diseases [a chapter from Immunobiology. 5th ed.,Janeway et al., 2001] - via PubMed, NLM (US) | ||
| What is allergy? - Allergy Capital (AU) | ||
| The World Allergy Organization | ||
| American Academy of Allergy, Astma & Immmunology | ||
| American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology , including, among many other things, an Immunotherapy Fact Sheets | ||
| The Allergy Center at the Mayo Clinic (US) | ||
| ALLSA Handbook of Practical Allergy - Allergy Society of South Africa | ||
| Some brief notes about Allergy Testing - Nat'l Jewish C. for Immunology & Respiratory Medicine (US) | ||
| Skin prick testing for allergy diagnosis - ASCIA (AU) | ||
| About Asthma [links] | ||
| Allergy Related Articles & Databases [H Steinman], compiled by AllAllergy | ||
| Immunoglobulin E (IgE) - Wikipedia | ||
| About Antihistamines - AAIR (UK) | ||
| About Antihistamine Toxicity [McCann and Roth] - e-medicine/BMP (US) | ||
| Hygiene Hypothesis gains support in the US and Europe [T Begany] - Respiratory Reviews, Jan 2003 | ||
| The Allergy Discussion List (@ tamu.edu) and the Allergy Basics Center [B Kinnaman] - (US) |
| Resources for the Chemically Sensitive or Environmentally Ill - Lassen Technologies (US) | ||||
| MCS Survivors (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity) [L Hamilton] | ||||
| Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome [Magill and Suruda] - Am Family Phys, Sep 1998 |
| Electrosensitivity (not on MeSH) | ||||
| Electromagnetic Fields and Public Health - WHO | ||||
| EMF-Link: Hypersensitivity to Electromagnetic Fields - EMF Clearinghouse (US) | ||||
| About Hypersensitivity to Electricity [C Tegenfeldt] - FEB/Linkoping (SE) | ||||
| A background paper on Power Line Fields and Public Health [D Hafemeister] | ||||
| Health Issues related to Mobile Phones - FDA (US) | ||||
| Electric and Magnetic Fields - NIEHS (US) |
| About Sick Building Syndrome , and Indoor Air Pollution - EPA (US) | ||||
| Indoor Environment Management - EPA (US) | ||||
| Sick Building Syndrome - Environmental Health Center/NSC (US) | ||||
| About Stachybotrys Chartarum, and other molds - CDC (US) |
| About Urticaria ( Hives ) [links] | |||
| About Airborne Allergens - NIAID/NIH (US) | |||
| About Allergic Rhinitis and Hay Fever - BUPA (UK) | |||
| About HayFever - MAARA (UK) | |||
| About 'Farmer's Lung' - CCOHS (CA) | |||
| About Contact Allergy - National Skin Centre (SG) | |||
| About Insect Sting Allergy - ACAAI | |||
| About Pet Allergies - American Coll of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology | |||
| About Pigeon Breeders Disease (Pigeon Lung) - British Pigeon Fanciers | |||
| Milk Allergy (Infants &aml; Babies) - KidsHealth | |||
| Manifestations of Food Allergy: Evaluation and Treatment [S Sicherer] - Am Family Phys, Jan 1999 | |||
| A note about 'Chinese Restaurant Syndrome' (Sensitivity to Monosodium glutamate, or ...?) - Wikipedia |
| About Anaphylaxis - Nat'l Jewish Medical & Research C (US) | ||||
| Anaphylaxis - Life-threatening allergy [M Stern] | ||||
| Anaphylaxis information (patients) , and Anaphylaxis information (physicians) - ACAAI (US) | ||||
| Anaphylaxis [RS Krause] - eMedicine | ||||
| The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network |
| Samter's Syndrome (not on MeSH) | ||||
| About Aspirin - Wikipedia, and about Samter's Triad/Aspirin Triad - Wikipedia | ||||
| Bronchial asthma, nasal polyps, and aspirin sensitivity: Samter's syndrome [HJ Zeitz; 1988] - via PubMed | ||||
| Aspirin "Allergy" or Sensitivity - Allergy Web, Florida (US) |
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| A brief note about Immune Complex Disease - Cancer.gov (US) |
| Henoch-Schonlein Purpura [pictures] - DermAtlas | |||||
| Henoch-Schonlein Purpura - Adam, via MedlinePlus | |||||
| Rash on a child's legs (Henoch-Schonlein Purpura) - Advances-in-Medicine | |||||
| About Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (Anaphylactoid Purpura) - MedicineNet | |||||
| Henoch-Schönlein Purpera. A Review [Kraft et al] - Am Family Phys, Aug 1998 | |||||
| A 72-year-old man with a purpuric rash [Goel and Langford] - Cleveland Clinic J Med, Jun 2009 | |||||
| Rash and fever in a 26-year-old man (Henoch-Schonlein Purpura) - Resident & Staff Physician, Nov/Dec 2006 |
| About Natural Rubber Latex Allergy - (UK) | |||
| A collection of Latex Allergy Links [NA Mitchell] | |||
| The Latex-Fruit Syndrome [Wagner and Breiteneder; abstract] - via PubMed | |||
| Severe Allergy in a Pregnant Woman after Vaginal Examination with a Latex Glove [Shingai et al.] - Gynecol Obstet Invest 2002 |
| About Complement Proteins - Cancer.gov (US) | ||
| On Complement (Proteins) Deficiences - Univ of Leicester/Microbiol. (UK) | ||
| Int'l Patient Organization for Primary Immunodeficiences | ||
| A Patient and Family Handbook , a Guide for Nurses , and Clinical Focus on Primary Immune Deficiencies from the Immune Deficiency Foundation [I and H Makhoul] | ||
| Pure B-cell Disorders - eMedicine | ||
| PiA: Primary Immunodeficiency Association in the UK | ||
| Primary Immunodeficiency - NICHHD | ||
| The Jeffrey Modell Foundation (Primary Immune Deficiency) , and information about some Primary Immunodeficiency defects | ||
| About Cd5-Cd19 Primary Immune Deficiency [A Austin] | ||
| The Immune Deficiency Resource [J Valiaho] - (FI) | ||
| X-linked Immunodeficiency with Hyper-IgM [CL Park] - eMedicine | ||
| On the genetics of Immunodeficiency with Hyper-IgM - NCBI | ||
| The Primary Immune Deficiency Web Ring |
| (Bruton , X-linked) Agammaglobulinemia - MedlinePlus/ADAM | |||
| About X-linked Agammaglobulinemia and Other Agammaglobulinemias - Yale Medical Group (US) | |||
| About Agammaglobulinemia/Hypogammaglobulinemia [T Chin] and Bruton Agammaglobulinemia [Chin and O'Neill Shigeoka] - eMedicine | |||
| X-linked (Bruton) Agammaglobulinemia - GeneReviews | |||
| On Bruton Agammaglobulinemia Tyrosine Kinase - OMIM |
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| Common Variable Immunodeficiency - WebMD | |||
| Common Variable Immunodeficiency - Socialstyrelsen (SE) | |||
| About Common Variable Immunodeficiency - Handbook/Immune Deficiency Foundation | |||
| How to Diagnose Common Variable Immunodeficiency [V Dimov] - AllergyCases.org | |||
| Common Variable Immunodeficiency - NPI (US) | |||
| Common Variable Immunodeficiency [RM Modak and PR Modak] - eMedicine |
| About DiGeorge Syndrome - Jeffrey Modell Foundation (US) | |||
| My daughter has DiGeorge Syndrome... - Dr Greene | |||
| DiGeorge Syndrome karyotype - Cytogenetics Gallery, Univ of Washington/Pathol. (US) | |||
| DiGeorge Syndrome and chromosome 22 - Genes and Disease/NCBI/NIH (US) |
| On Selective IgA Deficiency - Immune Deficiency Foundation | ||||
| Selective IgA Deficiency - US National Primary Immunodeficiency Resource Center | ||||
| Immunoglobulin A Deficiency [Bascom and Dolina] - eMedicine | ||||
| Immunoglobulin A Deficiency Susceptibility 1; IgAd1 - OMIM | ||||
| Brief note about Janeway Type 3 Dysgammaglobulinemia - Med-Help.net |
| Links to HIV & AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) Resources |
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| About Chronic Granulomatous Disease [Wolfe and Curran] - eMedicine | ||||
| Chronic Granulomatous Disease Trust and Support Group - (UK) | ||||
| Chronic Granulomatous Disease - Jeffrey Modell Foundation | ||||
| New Disease-Causing Bacterium Discovered in CGD Patient - NIAID News, Apr 2006 |
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| The SCID Home Page [B Ballard] | |||
| About Severe Combined Immunodeficiency - Jeffrey Modell Foundation | |||
| Brief note on the Genetics of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency - NCBI/NLM (US) | |||
| Gene therapy frees 'bubble babies' (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency) - BBC News , Apr 2000 | |||
| The Case of Baby Joe - Case Studies in Science, SUNY | |||
| Gene therapy: Treating the 'bubble babies' (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency) - The Wellcome Trust, Nov 2002 (UK) |
| About Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome - US Immune Deficiency Foundation | |||
| About Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome [Dibbern Jr and Routes] - eMedicine | |||
| Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: life-threatening haemorrhage .... , a case report [Loan et al.] at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
| Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Wikipedia | |||
| About some Uncommon Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (US) | |||
| On Lymphoproliferative Disorders [S Winter] - eMedicine | |||
| Cord blood transplants may restore defective immune systems (X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome, XLP) [R Dobson] - BMJ, Apr 2001 | |||
| About Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (APLS) - NIAID, and the Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (APLS) Database - NHGRI/NIH (US) |
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| Schnitzler syndrome Home Page | |||||
| About Schnitzler syndrome [Pon and DeKoven] - eMedicine | |||||
| The Schnitzler Syndrome: A Treatment at Last? [D Lipsker], 2002 |
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