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Abstract
Deliberate prevention or diminution of the host's immune response. It may be nonspecific as in the administration of immunosuppressive agents (drugs or radiation) or by lymphocyte depletion or may be specific as in desensitization or the simultaneous administration of antigen and immunosuppressive drugs.
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16 entry terms
- Anti-Rejection Therapy
- Antirejection Therapy
- Immunosuppression
- Immunosuppressive Therapy
- Therapy, Anti-Rejection
- Therapy, Antirejection
- Anti Rejection Therapy
- Anti-Rejection Therapies
- Antirejection Therapies
- Immunosuppression Therapies
- Immunosuppressions
- Immunosuppressive Therapies
- Therapies, Immunosuppression
- Therapies, Immunosuppressive
- Therapy, Immunosuppression
- Therapy, Immunosuppressive
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14 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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note category: do not confuse with IMMUNOSUPPRESSION (PHYSIOLOGY) see IMMUNE TOLERANCE
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History Note
2022 (1971)
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Previous Indexing
- Antilymphocyte Serum (1968-1970)
- Immune Tolerance (1966-1970)
- Immunity (1966-1970)
- Immunosuppressive Agents (1966-1970)
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QW 955
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Immunosuppression Therapy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007165. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007165
- Immunosuppression Therapy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunosuppression
- Immunosuppression Therapy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1455316