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Immunology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access 8th Revised edition [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 482 pages, aukštis x plotis: 219x276 mm, Approx. 480 illustrations (430 in full color)
  • Išleidimo metai: 17-Sep-2012
  • Leidėjas: Saunders
  • ISBN-10: 0323080588
  • ISBN-13: 9780323080583
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 482 pages, aukštis x plotis: 219x276 mm, Approx. 480 illustrations (430 in full color)
  • Išleidimo metai: 17-Sep-2012
  • Leidėjas: Saunders
  • ISBN-10: 0323080588
  • ISBN-13: 9780323080583
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
Immunology, 8th Edition makes it easy for you to learn all the basic and clinical concepts you need to know for your courses and USMLEs. This medical textbooks highly visual, carefully structured approach makes immunology simple to understand and remember. Understand the building blocks of the immune system - cells, organs and major receptor molecules - as well as initiation and actions of the immune response, especially in a clinical context. Visually grasp and retain difficult concepts easily thanks to a user-friendly color-coded format, key concept boxes, explanatory diagrams, and over 190 photos to help you visualize tissues and diseases. Put concepts into practice. Critical Thinking Boxes and 25 online cases encourage you to think immunologically while anchoring your understanding of immunology through clinical application. Gauge your mastery of the material and build confidence with high-yield style chapter-opening summaries and case-based and USMLE-style questions that provide effective chapter review and quick practice for your exams. Access the full contents online at www.studentconsult.com where youll find the complete text and illustrations, USMLE-style questions, clinical cases, and much more! Get the depth of coverage you need in a smaller, more manageably sized book. Through meticulous editing and reorganization, primary material remains in the book while more specialized and clinical material has been moved online. Master the most cutting-edge concepts in immunology. Thorough updates throughout provide the timely knowledge you need ace your exams.
Preface vii
List of Contributors
ix
SECTION 1 Components of the Immune System
1(106)
1 Introduction to the Immune System
3(14)
David Male
2 Cells, Tissues, and Organs of the Immune System
17(34)
Peter M Lydyard
Nino Porakishvili
3 Antibodies
51(20)
Roy Jefferis
4 Complement
71(18)
B Paul Morgan
5 T Cell Receptors and MHC Molecules
89(18)
David B Roth
SECTION 2 Modes of Immune Response
107(102)
6 Mechanisms of Innate Immunity
109(16)
David Male
7 Mononuclear Phagocytes in Immune Defense
125(18)
Luisa Martinez-Pomares
Siamon Gordon
8 Antigen Presentation
143(14)
David Male
9 Cell Cooperation in the Antibody Response
157(14)
Joseph C Marini
Kalpit A Vora
10 Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity
171(12)
Victoria Male
11 Regulation of the Immune Response
183(16)
David Bending
12 Immune Responses in Tissues
199(10)
David Male
SECTION 3 Defense Against Infectious Agents
209(96)
13 Immunity to Viruses
211(12)
Persephone Borrow
Anthony A Nash
14 Immunity to Bacteria and Fungi
223(20)
Gregory J Bancroft
15 Immunity to Protozoa and Worms
243(20)
Richard J Pleass
16 Primary Immunodeficiencies
263(14)
Luigi D Notarangelo
17 AIDS, Secondary Immunodeficiency and Immunosuppression
277(12)
Dean H Kedes
Lisa A Nichols
18 Vaccination
289(16)
Colin Casimir
SECTION 4 Immune Responses Against Tissues
305(64)
19 Immunological Tolerance
307(16)
Thomas Kamradt
20 Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Disease
323(18)
James E Peters
David A Isenberg
21 Transplantation and Rejection
341(14)
Andrew J T George
22 Immunity to Cancers
355(14)
Pramod K Srivastava
SECTION 5 Hypersensitivity
369(64)
23 Immediate Hypersensitivity (Type I)
371(22)
Thomas A E Platts-Mills
24 Hypersensitivity (Type II)
393(12)
David Male
25 Hypersensitivity (Type III)
405(14)
David P D'Cruz
26 Hypersensitivity (Type IV)
419(14)
Warwick J Britton
Appendices online
1 Major Histocompatibility Complex
2 CD System
3 The Major Cytokines
4 Human Chemokines and Their Receptors
Critical thinking: Explanations 433(12)
Glossary 445(10)
Index 455