A medical specialty concerned with the hypersensitivity of the individual to foreign substances and protection from the resultant infection or disorder.
Synonyms: Allergy, Immunology, Immunology, Allergy and Immunology, Specialty, Allergy, Allergy Specialty, Immunology and Allergy, Immunology, Allergy
Instance information
the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use IMMUNE SYSTEM PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for immunologic processes and properties; use HYPERSENSITIVITY or specifics treed under it for allergic conditions; the qualifier / immunol is available for use with specific anatomical terms, organisms, diseases, etc ,use ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY to search IMMUNOLOGY 1966-79; search RADIATION IMMUNOLOGY under RADIATION EFFECTS 1966 ,80; IMMUNOLOGY was heading 1963-79; RADIATION IMMUNOLOGY was heading 1964-66
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