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Second Edition
By
Mark Peakman, MBBS, PhD, FRCPath, Professor of Immunology, King's College London; Honorary Consultant Immunologist, King's College Hospital, London, UK
Diego Vergani, MD, PhD, FRCPath, FRCP, Professor of Liver Immunopathology, King's College London; Honorary Consultant Immunologist, King's College Hospital, London, UK
Description
Within this one volume both basic science and clinical immunology are demystified for the medical and other health sciences student. The
basic immunological processes are described first, with a level of detail restricted to what is appropriate for medical (and similar)
curricula. In the second part of the book, immunological mechanisms behind major diseases of the various body systems are explained.
Throughout the text clinical details are highlighted and more in-depth material is differentiated from the main text.
Contents
Anatomy and cells of the immune system. Innate immunity I: physical and humoral protection. Innate immunology II: cellular mechanisms.
Acquired immunity: antigen receptors. The human leukocyte antigens. Cellular immune responses I: dendritic cells, macrophages and B lymphocytes.
Cellular immune responses II: T lymphocytes, antigen presentation and natural killer cells. The immune response to microbes: an overview.
Tolerance and mechanisms of autoimmunity. Hypersensitivity reactions and clinical allergy. Transplantation. Rheumatic diseases. Endocrine
autoimmune disease. Liver diseases. Gastrointestinal diseases. Immune-mediated nephritis and vasculitis. Immune-mediated skin disease.
Immune-mediated diseases of the nervous system and eye. Immunodificiency. Human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS. Immunological manifestations
of haematological disease. Immune-based therapies. Immunisation.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 352 pages, publication date: APR-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-10082-6
ISBN-10: 0-443-10082-9
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 20 Feb 2010
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