Basic and clinical immunology
By: Mark Peakman, Diego Vergani ; illustrated by Robert Britton and Ethan Danielson.
Contributors: Vergani, Diego.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780443100826
Subjects: Clinical immunology; Immunology; Immunity; Immune System -- physiology; Immune System Diseases
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Anatomy and cells of the immune system; title: Innate immunity I: physical and humoral protection; title: Innate immunology II: cellular mechanisms; title: Acquired immunity: antigen receptors; title: The human leukocyte antigens; title: Cellular immune responses I: dendritic cells, macrophages and B lymphocytes; title: Cellular immune responses II: T lymphocytes, antigen presentation and natural killer cells; title: The immune response to microbes: an overview; title: Tolerance and mechanisms of autoimmunity; title: Hypersensitivity reactions and clinical allergy; title: Transplantation; title: Rheumatic diseases; title: Endocrine autoimmune disease; title: Liver diseases; title: Gastrointestinal diseases; title: Immune-mediated nephritis and vasculitis; title: Immune-mediated skin disease; title: Immune-mediated diseases of the nervous system and eye; title: Immunodificiency; title: Human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS; title: Immunological manifestations of haematological disease; title: Immune-based therapies; title: Immunisation