Clinical Immunology; Principles and Practice, 2-Volume Set

by Rich, Fleisher, Shearer, Kotzin & Schroeder

• ISBN13: 9780723431619
• ISBN10: 0723431612
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-12
• Publisher: Mosby Ltd.
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Summary

This book is the ultimate two-volume reference source in clinical immunology, written and edited by international experts in the field of immunology. The up-to-date and fully comprehensive coverage of this subject is illustrated with numerous photographs and superb two-colour explanatory artworks. Basic science, systemic immune diseases, organ-specific inflammatory diseases, transplantation, neoplasms of the immune system, allergic diseases, therapeutics and diagnostic immunology are all covered in a clear, concise and comprehensive manner.

Table of Contents

Volume 1

Principles of immune recognition

The human immune response

Cells and tissues of the immune system

Lymphocyte adhesion and trafficking

B cells antigen receptor genes, gene products and co-receptors

T cells antigen receptor genes, gene products and co-receptors

The major histocompatibility complex

Antigens and antigen presentation

T cell development

B cell development and differentiation

T lymphocyte activation and inactivation

Immunological tolerance and apoptosis

Cytokines and cytokine receptors

Chemokines and chemokine receptors

Host defense mechanisms and inflammation

Immunological function

Regulation of immune responses

T-cell mediated inflammation

Cytotoxic T cell function

Natural killer cells

Macrophage effector function

Host defenses at mucosal surfaces

Complement

Neutrophils

Mast cells and basophils, Eosinphils

Infection and immunity

Immune responses to extracellular bacteria

Immune responses to intracellular bacteria

Immune responses to spirochetes

Immune responses to viruses

Immune responses to protozoa

Immune responses to helminth infection

Immune responses to fungi

Infections in the immunocompromised host

Congenital and acquired deficiencies

Approach to the evaluation of the immunodeficient patient

Primary antibody deficiencies

Primary T cell immunodeficiencies

Complement deficiencies

Phagocyte deficiencies

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

HIV infection and AIDS in children

The fetal and neonatal immune system

Aging and the immune system

Immune deficiencies in hereditary and metabolic diseases

Immune abnormalities secondary to infectious diseases

Secondary immunodeficiency induced by surgery or trauma

Allergic diseases

The allergic response in host defence

Anaphylaxis

Allergic and other reactions to insects

Allergic rhinitis

Pathogenesis of asthma

Management of the asthmatic patient

Allergic skin diseases and contact dermatitis

Allergic gastrointestinal diseases

Allergic disorders of the eye

Drug allergies and hypersensitivity

Mastocytosis

Eosinophilia

Occupational asthma and related disorders

Volume 2

Systemic immune diseases

Mechanisms of autoimmunity and immunopathology

Serum sickness and pathophysiology of immune complexes

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Rheumatoid arthritis

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Sjogren syndrome

Systemic sclerosis

Inflammatory muscle diseases

Spondyloarthropathies

Small and medium vessel primary vasculitides

Large vessel vasculitides

Rheumatic fever

Lyme disease

Amyloidosis

Organ-specific inflammatory diseases

Immune-mediated anemia

Immune-mediated neutropenia

Immune-mediated platelet coagulation disorders

Bulous skin disease

Myasthenia gravis

Multiple sclerosis and related diseases

Autoimmune peripheral neuropathies

Immunologic renal diseases

Myocardial inflammation

Autoimmune thyroid disease

Immunology of diabetes and related autoimmune endorcinopathies

Reproductive immunology

Immunologic lung diseases

Sarcoidosis

Immunologic ocular disease

Immunological diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

Inflammatory hepatobiliary disease

Solid organ transplantation

Concepts and challenges in solid organ transplantation

Renal transplantation

Heart and lung transplantation

Liver transplantation

Immunology of neoplasia

Anlympoproliferative disorders

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease

Virus-associated B cell tumours

Virally induced T cell malignancies and associated diseases

Monoclonal gammopathies

Immune responses and immunotherapy of cancer

Prevention and therapy of immunologic diseases

Bone marrow reconstitution in primary immunodeficiency

Bone marrow transpla

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