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Second Edition
By
John Playfair, MB, BChir, PhD, DSc, Professor Emeritus, Department of Immunology, University College London Medical School, London
P. Lydyard, BSc, MSc, PhD, FRCPath, Professor, Department of Immunology, Univesity College London Medical School, London
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Made Memorable,
Description
This book covers the core of both basic science and clinical immunology as required by medical students. Immunology is an inherently difficult
subject and most competing titles include far too much complex scientific detail for most medical courses. This book covers just the
core of the subject essential for understanding the clinical importance of the immune system and diseases caused by its malfunction.
Audience
Undergraduate medical and dental students.
Contents
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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Paperback, 120 pages, publication date: AUG-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-06429-6
ISBN-10: 0-443-06429-6
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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