Case Studies in Immunology

by Rosen, Fred S.; Geha, Raif S.

• ISBN13: 9780815340508
• ISBN10: 0815340508
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Garland Science

Summary

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Recapitulates major topics of immunology as background to a selection of real clinical cases serving to reinforce and extend the basic science. Illustrates the importance of an understanding of immunology in diagnosis and therapy. Five new cases have been added to this edition. Previous edition: c1999. Softcover.

Author Biography

Fred S. Rosen, the James L. Gamble Professor of Pediatrics and President of the Center for Blood Research at the Harvard Medical School Raif S. Geha is the Prince Turki Al-Saud Professor of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology at Boston Children's Hospital

Table of Contents

Congenital Asplenia	1	(6)
X-linked Agammaglobulinemia	7	(10)
Hyper IgM Immunodeficiency	17	(8)
MHC Class I Deficiency	25	(6)
X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency	31	(8)
Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency	39	(6)
Toxic Shock Syndrome	45	(6)
Contact Sensitivity to Poison Ivy	51	(8)
Omenn Syndrome	59	(6)
Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema	65	(6)
Factor I Deficiency	71	(6)
Graft-Versus-Host Disease	77	(4)
AIDS in Mother and Child	81	(8)
Acute Infectious Mononucleosis	89	(8)
Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency	97	(8)
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome	105	(8)
X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome	113	(8)
Chronic Granulomatous Disease	121	(6)
Allergic Asthma	127	(8)
Myasthenia Gravis	135	(6)
MHC Class II Deficiency	141	(6)
Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn	147	(6)
Multiple Sclerosis	153	(6)
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia	159	(6)
A Kidney Graft for Complications of Autoimmune Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus	165	(8)
Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (ALPS)	173	(6)
Pemphigus Vulgaris	179	(6)
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	185	(6)
Acute Systemic Anaphylaxis	191	(6)
Drug-Induced Serum Sickness	197	(6)
Multiple Myeloma	203	(6)
T-Cell Lymphoma	209	(8)
Interferon-γ Receptor Deficiency	217	(6)
Lepromatous Leprosy	223	(8)
Atopic Dermatitis	231	(8)
Index	239