Medical Immunology, Sixth Edition

by Virella; Gabriel

• ISBN13: 9780849396960
• ISBN10: 0849396964
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-03-28
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

With an abundance of illustrations, diagrams, and algorithms for a reader-friendly review of critical material, this Sixth Edition is fully updated and revised to include diagnostic and clinical applications of immunology, as well as strategies for the modulation of immune response and the treatment of hypersensitivity, autoimmune response, and immune deficiency conditions.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
Acknowledgments	p. v
Contributors	p. xi
Basic Immunology
Introduction	p. 1
Cells and Tissues Involved in the Immune Response	p. 9
Major Histocompatibility Complex	p. 23
Immune Response: Antigens, Lymphocytes, and Accessory Cells	p. 35
Immunoglobulin Structure	p. 55
Biosynthesis, Metabolism, and Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins	p. 65
Genetics of Immunoglobulins	p. 73
Antigen-Antibody Reactions	p. 83
Complement System	p. 93
Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers	p. 113
Cell-Mediated Immunity	p. 135
Humoral Immune Response and Its Induction by Active Immunization	p. 159
Phagocytosis	p. 173
Infections and Immunity	p. 183
Diagnostic Immunology
Diagnostic Immunology	p. 201
Clinical Immunology
Tolerance and Autoimmunity	p. 223
Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases	p. 243
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	p. 261
Rheumatoid Arthritis	p. 273
Hypersensitivity Reactions	p. 285
Immunoglobulin E-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity	p. 295
Immunohematology	p. 309
Immune Complex Diseases	p. 323
Immune System Modulators	p. 335
Transplantation Immunology	p. 357
Tumor Immunology	p. 369
Lymphocyte and Plasma Cell Malignancies	p. 379
Diagnosis of Immunodeficiency Diseases	p. 397
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases	p. 409
AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiency Diseases	p. 429
Index	p. 453
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