
Immunology
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Immunology focuses on the study of immunology. The first half of this book provides a treatise of basic immunology, while the rest is more clinically orientated and illustrates the importance of immune mechanisms for health and disease. This text emphasizes the three good reasons why immunology should be studied. First is that man cannot survive without immunological defense against foreign material. Second is that these same immunological defense mechanisms can cause various forms of tissue damage that result in different diseases. Finally, some immunological reactions can be used as sensitive and highly specific methods for analytical and diagnostically useful determinations of low molecular substances. This publication is primarily intended for students of medicine and natural sciences, as well as clinicians concerned with the field of immunology.
Table of Contents
1 Anatomy of the Immune System
2 Immunoglobulins
3 Antigens
4 Antigen-Antibody Reactions
5 The Complement System
6 Production of Antibodies
7 Cell-Mediated Immune Reactions
8 Immune Tolerance and Autoimmunity
9 Immunogenetics
10 Tumour Immunology
11 Host Defence against Infections
12 Immunoprophylaxis-Immunoglobulins, Vaccines
13 Deficiencies in Host Defence
14 Clinical Transplantation Immunology
15 Clinical Tumour Immunology
16 Immunological Diseases: Immunological Reactivity, Inflammation and Tissue Damage
17 Atopic Allergies and Contact Allergies
18 Immunological Side Effects of Drugs
19 Immune Complex Diseases
20 The Complement System and Disease
21 Autoimmune Diseases
22 Immunosuppressive Therapy
Appendix 1: Blood Group Serology for Clinical Use
Appendix 2: Immunological Diagnosis of Immunodeficiencies and Immunological Diseases
Glossary
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 302
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 1985
- Published: November 1, 1985
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9781483140438