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Type I Anaphylactic antigen reacts with IgE bound to mast cells anaphylaxis, atopy (e.g. asthma, eczema and hayfever) Type II Cel...

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) , thrombocytopenia that results from immunologic platelet destruction, may be acute (postvir...

In bone marrow transplantation, usually 500 to 700 ml of marrow is aspirated from the pelvic bones of a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)–...

Urticaria, commonly known as hives, is an episodic, usually self-limited skin reaction characterized by local dermal wheals surrounde...

Both cell-mediated (T-cell) and humoral (B-cell) immunity are deficient or absent in severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID). ...