Mesh term Immunosuppression
Browse to parent terms:Immunologic Techniques
Immunotherapy
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Desensitization, Immunologic
Graft Enhancement, Immunologic
Lymphocyte Depletion
Transplantation Conditioning
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