01838cam a2200313 i 4500 210426s2012 xxu b 001 0 eng d 9781439199381 (hc) 9781439199404 IQ-NaUA eng IQ-NaUA KaLSS rdaa QR181.7 .V45 2012 Velasquez-Manoff, Moises, author. An epidemic of absence : a new way of understanding allergies and autoimmune diseases / Moises Velasquez-Manoff. New York, NY : Scribner, 2012. vii, 385 p : ill ; 24 cm text txt rdacontenta unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-356) and index. Meet your parasites -- Homo squalidus : the filthy ape -- Island of autoimmunity -- Parasites to heal the gut -- What is asthma for? -- Missing "old friends" -- Mom matters most -- The disappearing microbiota -- Community-wide derangement -- Multiple sclerosis : worms that never come, a tardy virus, and a brain that degenerates -- Modernity's developmental disorder : autism and the superorganism -- Beyond allergy and autoimmunity : inflammation and the diseases of civilization -- The hookworm underground : crowdsourcing "the cure" in an age of immune dysfunction -- Life with the American murderer, and the body's largest organ -- The collapse of the superorganism, and what to do about it. Immune system Popular works. Immunologic diseases Popular works. Allergy Alternative treatment. Autoimmunity Research. Immune System. Hypersensitivity. Autoimmune Diseases. زينب غانم محسن. انتهاء عبد العظيم. lcc BK 5599 5599 0 0 0 0 12651 kaf 2021-11-28 QR181.7 .V45 2012 6645K 2021-11-28 2021-11-28 BK