title: The goals of immunologic intervention in autoimmune disease.
abstract: Autoimmune diseases represent disorders of immunologic regulation for which specifically targeted immunologic intervention offers great therapeutic promise, superior to highly toxic and totally non-specific conventional therapy currently in use. The cellular and cytokine targets for this new approach and the various concepts underlying their deployment are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Immunology Section, Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital, San Antonio, TX.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Talal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007167:Immunotherapy; D051379:Mice; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II