Handbook on Immunosenescence Basic Understanding and Clinical Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fulop, Tamas (Editor), Franceschi, Claudio (Editor), Hirokawa, Katsuiku (Editor), Pawelec, Graham (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Geriatrics.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

“Immunosenescence” is an imprecise term used to describe deleterious age-associated changes to immune parameters observed in all mammals studied so far. It represents a rapidly progressing science in the aging field, with a vertiginous volume of new data, knowledge and concepts concerning these chan...