immunosuppressive therapy

immunosuppressive therapy
treatment with agents, such as x-rays, corticosteroids, and cytotoxic chemicals, which suppress the immune response to antigen(s); it is used in various conditions, including autoimmune disease, allergy, multiple myeloma, and chronic nephritis, and in organ transplantation.

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