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Immunodeficiency Associated with Ethanol Abuse

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Drugs of Abuse, Immunity, and Immunodeficiency

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 288))

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Many study findings have suggested that ethanol (ETOH) abuse results in changes in the immune system. Susceptibility to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, opportunistic infections, tumors, and autoimmune diseases are believed to be sequelae of these changes (1,2).

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 77550, USA

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Jerrells, T.R. (1991). Immunodeficiency Associated with Ethanol Abuse. In: Friedman, H., Specter, S., Klein, T.W. (eds) Drugs of Abuse, Immunity, and Immunodeficiency. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 288. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5925-8_26

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