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Investigative Techniques > Immunologic Techniques > Immunosuppression Therapy
Immune System Phenomena > Immunomodulation > Immunotherapy > Immunosuppression Therapy

Preferred term

Immunosuppression Therapy  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Anti-Rejection Therapy
  • Antirejection Therapy
  • Immunosuppression
  • Immunosuppressive Therapy
  • Therapy, Anti-Rejection
  • Therapy, Antirejection

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