Clinical immunology : principles and practice /

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Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:London New York : Mosby, 2001.
Description:2 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 computer optical disk (4 3/4 in.).
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4531515
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Other authors / contributors:Rich, Robert R.
ISBN:0723431612 (set)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
System requirements: Pentium 100 PC running Windows 95/98/00, 32 MB RAM, 800 x 600 monitor with thousands of colors, 8x CD-ROM drive.
Table of Contents:
  • Volume 1
  • Section 1. Principles of immune recognition
  • The human immune response
  • Cells and tissues of the immune system
  • Lymphocyte adhesion and trafficking
  • B cells antigen receptor genes, gene products and co-receptors
  • T cells antigen receptor genes, gene products and co-receptors
  • The major histocompatibility complex
  • Antigens and antigen presentation
  • T cell development
  • B cell development and differentiation
  • T lymphocyte activation and inactivation
  • Immunological tolerance and apoptosis
  • Cytokines and cytokine receptors
  • Chemokines and chemokine receptors
  • Section 2. Host defense mechanisms and inflammation
  • Immunological function
  • Regulation of immune responses
  • T-cell mediated inflammation
  • Cytotoxic T cell function
  • Natural killer cells
  • Macrophage effector function
  • Host defenses at mucosal surfaces
  • Complement
  • Neutrophils
  • Mast cells and basophils, Eosinphils
  • Section 3. Infection and immunity
  • Immune responses to extracellular bacteria
  • Immune responses to intracellular bacteria
  • Immune responses to spirochetes
  • Immune responses to viruses
  • Immune responses to protozoa
  • Immune responses to helminth infection
  • Immune responses to fungi
  • Infections in the immunocompromised host
  • Section 4. Congenital and acquired deficiencies
  • Approach to the evaluation of the immunodeficient patient
  • Primary antibody deficiencies
  • Primary T cell immunodeficiencies
  • Complement deficiencies
  • Phagocyte deficiencies
  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • HIV infection and AIDS in children
  • The fetal and neonatal immune system
  • Aging and the immune system
  • Immune deficiencies in hereditary and metabolic diseases
  • Immune abnormalities secondary to infectious diseases
  • Secondary immunodeficiency induced by surgery or trauma
  • Section 5. Allergic diseases
  • The allergic response in host defence
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Allergic and other reactions to insects
  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Pathogenesis of asthma
  • Management of the asthmatic patient
  • Allergic skin diseases and contact dermatitis
  • Allergic gastrointestinal diseases
  • Allergic disorders of the eye
  • Drug allergies and hypersensitivity
  • Mastocytosis
  • Eosinophilia
  • Occupational asthma and related disorders
  • Volume 2
  • Section 6. Systemic immune diseases
  • Mechanisms of autoimmunity and immunopathology
  • Serum sickness and pathophysiology of immune complexes
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
  • Sjogren syndrome
  • Systemic sclerosis
  • Inflammatory muscle diseases
  • Spondyloarthropathies
  • Small and medium vessel primary vasculitides
  • Large vessel vasculitides
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Lyme disease
  • Amyloidosis
  • Section 7. Organ-specific inflammatory diseases
  • Immune-mediated anemia
  • Immune-mediated neutropenia
  • Immune-mediated platelet coagulation disorders
  • Bulous skin disease
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Multiple sclerosis and related diseases
  • Autoimmune peripheral neuropathies
  • Immunologic renal diseases
  • Myocardial inflammation
  • Autoimmune thyroid disease
  • Immunology of diabetes and related autoimmune endorcinopathies
  • Reproductive immunology
  • Immunologic lung diseases
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Immunologic ocular disease
  • Immunological diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Inflammatory hepatobiliary disease
  • Section 8. Solid organ transplantation
  • Concepts and challenges in solid organ transplantation
  • Renal transplantation
  • Heart and lung transplantation
  • Liver transplantation
  • Section 9. Immunology of neoplasia
  • Anlympoproliferative disorders
  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  • Lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease
  • Virus-associated B cell tumours
  • Virally induced T cell malignancies and associated diseases
  • Monoclonal gammopathies
  • Immune responses and immunotherapy of cancer
  • Section 10. Prevention and therapy of immunologic diseases
  • Bone marrow reconstitution in primary immunodeficiency
  • Bone marrow transpla