Concise clinical immunology for health professionals
By: Mary T. Keogan, Eleanor M. Wallace, and Paula O'Leary.
Contributors: Wallace, Eleanor M., 1966-; O'Leary, Paula, 1963-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Clinical immunology; Immunity; Allergy and Immunology
Description: Suitable for medical students, nurses, and laboratory technicians, this volume focuses on clinical problems seen in practice. It includes self-assessment questions and case histories to aid learning and understanding.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Overview of defence mechanisms; title: Cells and organs of the immune system; title: Innate immune responses I; title: Innate immune responses II; title: Innate immune response III; title: Inflammation; title: What the immune system recognises; title: Human leucocyte antigens (HLA) molecules; title: Antigen presentation; title: How does the immune system see antigen?; title: Lymphocyte maturation; title: Immunoglobulin structure; title: B cell activation; title: Immunoglobulin function; title: T cell receptor and immune repertoire; title: Helper T cell activation; title: Cytotoxic T cells; title: The mucosal immune system; title: Initiation of the immune response; title: Maintenance of the immune response; title: Control of the immune response; title: Ontogeny of the immune response; title: Immune responses to infection; title: How organisms evade the immune system; title: Consequences of an immune response; title: Host defence against tumours; title: Autoimmunity; title: Hypersensitivity; title: Atopy and allergic inflammation; title: Clinical manifestations of atopy; title: Asthma; title: Urticaria and angioedema; title: Food allergy; title: Anaphylaxis; title: Other types of hypersensitivity reactions; title: Immunodeficiency; title: Defects in antibody-mediated immunity; title: Defects in T cell mediated immunity; title: Neutrophil disorders; title: Complement deficiency; title: Defective splenic function; title: Human immunodeficiency virus; title: Autoimmunity; title: Autoimmune endocrinopathies; title: Immune mediated haematological conditions; title: Autoimmune liver diseases; title: Immune mediated gastrointestinal disorders; title: Immune mediated neurological disease; title: Immune mediated skin disease; title: Immune mediated renal disease; title: Rheumatoid disease and spondylarthropathies; title: Connective tissue diseases; title: Vasculitis; title: Hypersensitivity induced by pathogens; title: Transplantation; title: Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation; title: Solid organ transplantation; title: Lymphoid malignancies; title: Leukaemia and lymphomas; title: Plasma cell diseases; title: Laboratory tests in clinical immunology; title: Antibodies are essential tools in the clinical immunology laboratory; title: Detection of antibodies and antigen; title: Autoantibody profiles in connective tissue diseases and rheumatoid disease; title: Autoantibodies associated with vasculitic syndromes and renal diseases; title: Autoantibodies associated with liver and gastrointestinal diseases; title: Autoantibodies associated with endocrine diseases and pernicious anaemia; title: Other organ-specific autoimmunity; title: Measurement of the acute phase response; title: Complement; title: Immunodeficiency; title: Abnormal immunoglobulins; title: Angioedema; title: Allergy and hypersensitivity; title: Transplantation; title: Immunophenotyping leukaemias and lymphomas; title: Direct immunofluorescence; title: Principles of immunosuppression; title: Corticosteroids; title: Immunosuppression (I); title: Immunosuppression (II); title: Therapeutic antibody production; title: Targeted cell depletion; title: Other antibody therapies; title: Immunoglobulin replacement therapy; title: High dose immunoglobulin therapy; title: Cytokines; title: Vaccination and passive immunisation; title: Plasmapheresis and plasma exchange; title: Management of acute allergic reactions.