title: Autoantibodies and the physiological role of immunoglobulins.
abstract: In this article Pierre Grabar returns to the proposal he first made 30 years ago that alloreactive and autoreactive antibodies represent a physiological system for disposing of the products of metabolism and catabolism.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grabar