基本説明
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.
Full Description
With an abundance of illustrations, diagrams, and algorithms, this sixth edition of Medical Immunology provides a reader-friendly review of critical material on the current diagnostic and clinical applications of immunology. Organized into four sections that describe clinical applications, methodological advances, immunological diseases, and innovative interventions, the book leads readers through state-of-the-sciences technologies and demonstrates their implementation in day-to-day clinical practice. Topics include:The genetics of immunoglobulinsDiagnostic immunologyImmune complex diseasesImmune system modulatorsLymphocyte and plasma cell malignanciesThe diagnosis of immunodeficiencies and secondary immunodeficienciesApplications of immunological assays to clinical diagnosisThe diagnosis of disease in which the immune system plays a significant pathogenic roleEdited by a distinguished educator with an extensive research background, the book also reviews the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and management of autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivity diseases, multiple myeloma, and other lymphoid diseases, and primary and secondary immune deficiency diseases.
Contents
BASIC IMMUNOLOGY. Introduction. Tissues and Cells Involved in the Immune Response. Major Histocompatibility Complex. Antigenicity and Immune Recognition. Immunoglobulin Structure. Biosynthesis, Metabolism, and Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins. Genetics of Immunoglobulins. Antigen-Antibody Reactions. The Complement System. Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers. Cell-Mediated Immunity. The Humoral Immune Response and Its Induction by Active Immunization. Phagocytic Cells. Innate and Acquired Anti-Infectious Immunity. DIAGNOSTIC IMMUNOLOGY. Diagnostic Immunology. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. Tolerance and Autoimmunity. Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Rheumatoid Arthritis. Hypersensitivity Reactions. Immediate Hypersensitivity. Immunohematology. Immune Complex Diseases. Immunosuppression and Immunomodulation. Transplantation Immunology. Tumor Immunology. Malignancies of the Immune System. IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASES. Diagnosis of Immunodeficiency Diseases. Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases. AIDS and other Acquired Immunodeficiencies
