Concise Medical Immunology
Published on 23. March 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-7817-5741-6 (ISBN)
Description
Concise Medical Immunology is intended for medical and allied health students taking a short foundation course in immunology. The text provides a concise, clear, clinically oriented, user-friendly introduction to fundamental immunologic principles and their applications in medical practice. Clinical Application boxes and patient vignettes help students connect basic immunology with real-life clinical practice. Each chapter ends with a bulleted summary and review questions. Appendices include a lexicon of immunologic abbreviations and acronyms and a comprehensive glossary of immunologic terms with detailed definitions. 100 specially designed two-color illustrations illuminate key concepts. These images will be available free to adopters on connection.LWW.com/go/Doan.
Concise Medical Immunology is intended for medical and allied health students taking a short foundation course in immunology. The text provides a concise, clear, clinically oriented, user-friendly introduction to fundamental immunologic principles and their applications in medical practice. Clinical Application boxes and patient vignettes help students connect basic immunology with real-life clinical practice. Each chapter ends with a bulleted summary and review questions. Appendices include a lexicon of immunologic abbreviations and acronyms and a comprehensive glossary of immunologic terms with detailed definitions. 100 specially designed two-color illustrations illuminate key concepts. These images will be available free to adopters on connection.LWW.com/go/Doan.
Concise Medical Immunology is intended for medical and allied health students taking a short foundation course in immunology. The text provides a concise, clear, clinically oriented, user-friendly introduction to fundamental immunologic principles and their applications in medical practice. Clinical Application boxes and patient vignettes help students connect basic immunology with real-life clinical practice. Each chapter ends with a bulleted summary and review questions. Appendices include a lexicon of immunologic abbreviations and acronyms and a comprehensive glossary of immunologic terms with detailed definitions. 100 specially designed two-color illustrations illuminate key concepts. These images will be available free to adopters on connection.LWW.com/go/Doan.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
100
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7817-5741-6 (9780781757416)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
<ol> Introduction to the Immune System: Antigens and the Concept of Self versus Nonself, 1 Cells, Cell-surface Molecules, and Organs, 16 The Innate Immune Response, 28 Molecules of the Adaptive Immune System, 46 The Adaptive Immune Response, 67 Protective Immune Responses, 98 Immune Deficiency, 119 Hypersensitivity Reactions, 137 Autoimmunity and Tolerance, 153 Transplantation, 167 Immunotherapy and Immunosuppression, 185 Appendix A: Tools and Assays of Immune Function, 197 Appendix B: CD Designation and Function, 213 Appendix C: Chemokines, Cytokines, and Their Receptors, 222 Appendix D: Answers to Review Questions, 225 Glossary, 234 Index, 253