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Medical immunology /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Virella, Gabriel, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Informa Healthcare, [2007]
Edition:Sixth edition.
Subjects:
Clinical immunology.
Immunology.
Immunity.
Immune System Diseases.
Table of Contents:
  • Basic immunology. Introduction
  • Cells and tissues involved in the immune response
  • Major histocompatibility complex
  • Immune response : antigens, lymphocytes, and accessory cells
  • Immunoglobulin structure
  • Biosynthesis, metabolism, and biological properties of immunoglobulins
  • Genetics of immunoglobulins
  • Antigen-antibody reactions
  • Complement system
  • Lymphocyte ontogeny and membrane markers
  • Cell-mediated immunity
  • Humoral immune response and its induction by active immunization
  • Phagocytosis
  • Infection and immunity
  • Diagnostic immunology
  • Tolerance and autoimmunity
  • Organ-specific autoimmune diseases
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Hypersensitivity reactions
  • Immunoglobulin e-mediated (immediate) hypersensitivity
  • Immunohematology
  • Immune complex diseases
  • Immune system modulators
  • Transplantation immunology
  • Tumor immunology
  • Lymphocyte and plasma cell malignancies
  • Diagnosis of immunodeficiency diseases
  • Primary immunodeficiency diseases
  • AIDS and other acquired immunodeficiency diseases