TY  - BOOK
AU  - Helbert,Matthew
TI  - Immunology for medical students
SN  - 9780702068010
AV  - QR181 .H45 2017
U1  - 616.07/9 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Philadelphia, PA
PB  - Elsevier
KW  - Immunology
KW  - Immune System Phenomena
N1  - Preceded by: Immunology for medical students / Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert. 2nd ed. c2007; Includes index; Introduction to the immune system -- Basic concepts and components of the immune system -- Introduction to antigen recognition -- Antigens and antibody structure -- Antibody-antigen interaction -- Antibody diversity -- The T-cell receptor -- Major histocompatibility complex -- Review of antigen recognition -- Antigen processing and presentation -- Lymphocyte activation -- Hematopoiesis -- Organs and tissues of the immune system -- B-cell development -- T-cell development -- T-cell interactions and T-cell help -- Immunologic memory and homeostasis -- Regulation of the immune system -- Brief review of immune physiology -- Constitutive defenses including complement -- Phagocytes -- Killing in the immune system -- Inflammation -- Cytokines in the immune system -- Infections and vaccines -- Hypersensitivity reactions -- Immediate hypersensitivity (type I) : allergy -- How autoimmune disease develops -- Antibody-mediated hypersensitivity (type II) -- Immune complex disease (type III hypersensitivity) -- Delayed hypersensitivity (type IV) and review of hypersensitivity reactions -- Primary immunodeficiency -- Secondary immunodeficiency -- Transplantation -- Tumor immunology -- Biopharmaceuticals
N2  - This concise and dynamic textbook takes the student through the complex concepts in immunology with the help of clear and explanatory artworks and a range of extensive clinical cases
ER  -