Principles of Osteoimmunology Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pietschmann, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Edition: 2.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Immunology.; Cytokines.; Growth factors.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Cytokines and Growth Factors.

Osteoimmunology is a new and rapidly developing field of great importance. It deals with mechanisms and possible treatments of bone-related diseases, such as osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis, that are caused by or associated with a malfunctioning immune system. This book describe...