Drugs and Immune Responsiveness

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Immunosuppressive effects of miscellaneous agents....Pages 1-24
Drug selectivity in the suppression of the immune response....Pages 25-39
The effects of penicillamine and other thiols on lymphoid cells....Pages 41-61
The effect of D-penicillamine on humoral and cellular immune responses in animals....Pages 63-72
The effect of drugs on immunological control mechanisms....Pages 73-84
Immunological profile of levamisole and its clinical application in man....Pages 85-117
Effect of levamisole in vivo and in vitro on lymphocytes from patients with Behcet’s syndrome and recurrent oral ulceration....Pages 119-131
New developments in drugs enhancing the immune response: activation of lymphocytes and accessory cells by muramyl-dipeptides....Pages 133-160
Drugs as haptens....Pages 161-168
Allergic reactions to high-molecular- weight compounds....Pages 169-186
Tolerance in delayed hypersensitivity....Pages 187-197
Adverse reactions to practolol....Pages 199-210
Approaches to prevention and treatment of drug allergy....Pages 211-221
Principles, technical difficulties and developments of radioimmunoassay procedures....Pages 223-231
Enzymoimmunoassays and related analytical techniques for drugs....Pages 233-238
New approaches to linkage of haptens for radioimmunoassay....Pages 239-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-254