Encyclopedic Reference of Cancer

2001 Edition
| Editors: Manfred Schwab

Tolerance

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30683-8_1667

Definition

Tolerance is a specific non-responsiveness of a recipients immune system to graft antigens that would normally elicit a rejection reaction.

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