With easy-to-understand text and clear diagrams, the new 2nd Edition of Medical Immunology Made Memorable covers the core concepts of both basic science and clinical immunology. Unlike other titles that include unnecessary complex scientific detail, this book contains basic information students need to know to understand the clinical importance of the immune system and disease caused by its malfunction.
Corresponding to students undergraduate courses, this book divides immunology into 3 sections. The first section, basic immunology looks at the normal workings of the immune system. Next, pathology examines the links between immunology and histopathology, chemical pathology, and microbiology. Finally, clinical conditions are listed by system, allowing readers to refer to the relevant section while proceeding through the medical and surgical firms.
Basic Immunology Introduction and Natural Immunity Defence Mechanisms (1) Defence Mechanisms (2) Phagocytosis Complement The Acute-phase Response/Interferon Mast Cells and Inflammation/Natural Killer Cells Tutorial 1 Adaptive Immunity - Lymphocytes The Lymphocyte and Lymphoid Tissue B and T Lymphocytes The Mucosal Immune System Recognition Molecules Self versus Non-Self Discrimination Antibody Tutorial 2 Adaptive Immunity - The Immune Response Lymphocyte Activation and Clonal Selection Adaptive Responses ñ Antibody Adaptive Responses ñ T Cells and Cell-mediated Immunity Cytokines Disposal Mechanisms ñ Cytotoxicity Immunity to Infection ñ Host Defence Mechanisms Immunity to Infection ñ Parasite Escape Mechanisms Tutorial 3 Immunopathology Acute and Chronic Inflammation Hypersensitivity Autoimmunity Infectious Disease Transplant Rejection Immunodeficiency Tutorial 4 Clinical Immunology Immunology in Medicine Respiratory Disease The Gut and Liver Endocrine Disease Renal Disease The Eye and Nervous System Skin Disease Connective Tissue Diseases (1) Connective Tissue Diseases (2) Blood Diseases Infectious Diseases Vaccination Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Clinical Aspects of HLA Malignant Disease Drugs and the Immune System Tutorial 5 Investigating the Immune System Immunodeficiency/Tumours of the Immune System Allergy and Autoimmunity/The Transplant Patient
Appendices The Language of Immunology Some Useful Abbreviations Cluster of Differentiation (CD) Antigens Changes in Circulating Lymphocytes Populations and Serum Immunoglobulin Levels with Age
Index
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