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By
Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Rajeev Malhotra, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Viviany Taqueti
Description
Here's the perfect review book for USMLE exam preparation and for immunology courses! A companion to
Drs. Abbas and Lichtman's Cellular
and Molecular Immunology and Basic Immunology, it focuses on the key experimental observations that underlie the science of immunology
at the molecular, cellular, and whole organism level as well as the conclusions that can be drawn from these observations. Chapters
follow the organization of the parent textbooks and feature a brief summary of vital knowledge Approximately 500 USMLE-style review
questions and answers with rationales.
Contents
Introduction to Immunology
1. General Properties of Immune Response
2. Cells and Tissues of the Immune
System
Recognition of Antigens
3. Antibodies and Antigens
4. The Major Histocompatibility Complex
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Antigen Processing and Presentation to T Lymphocytes
6. Antigen Receptors and Accessory Molecules of T Lymphocytes
Maturation,
Activation, and Regulation of Lymphocytes
7. Lymphocyte Maturation and Expression of Antigen Receptor Genes
8.
Activation of T Lymphocytes
9. B Cell Activation and Antibody Production
10. Immunologic Tolerance
Effector
Mechanisms of Immune Responses
11. Cytokines
12. Innate Immunity
13. Effector Mechanisms of Cell-Mediated
Immunity
14. Effector Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity
15. Immunity to Microbes
The Immune System in Disease
16.
Transplantation Immunology
17. Immunity to Tumors
18. Diseases Caused by Immune Responses: Hypersensitivity and Autoimmunity
19.
Immediate Hypersensitivity
20. Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 192 pages, publication date: APR-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-0343-8
ISBN-10: 0-7216-0343-2
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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