Medical Immunology, Sixth Edition (Virella, Medical Immunology)

The way it's set up, plain and packed text; and bw pics, it becomes kind of a dry read but the scientific content is fine. Preface......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 Cells and Tissues Involved in the Immune Response......Page 22 Major Histocompatibility Complex......Page 42 The Induction of an Immune Response: Antigens, Lymphocytes, and Accessory Cells......Page 62 Immunoglobulin Structure......Page 86 Biosynthesis, Metabolism, and Biological Properties of Immunoglobulins......Page 104 Genetics of Immunoglobulins......Page 116 Antigen-Antibody Reactions......Page 130 The Complement System......Page 146 Lymphocyte Ontogeny and Membrane Markers......Page 172 Cell-Mediated Immunity......Page 204 The Humoral Immune Response and Its Induction by Active Immunization......Page 236 Phagocytic Cells......Page 256 Infections and Immunity......Page 270 Diagnostic Immunology......Page 288 Tolerance and Autoimmunity......Page 322 Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases......Page 352 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus......Page 370 Rheumatoid Arthritis......Page 388 Hypersensitivity Reactions......Page 406 IgE-Mediated (Immediate) Hypersensitivity......Page 422 Immunohematology......Page 440 Immune Complex Diseases......Page 462 Immune System Modulators......Page 484 Transplantation Immunology......Page 510 Tumor Immunology......Page 528 Malignancies of the Immune System......Page 540 Diagnosis of Immunodeficiency Diseases......Page 566 Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases......Page 584 AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiency Diseases......Page 608 Index......Page 642 With an abundance of illustrations, diagrams, and algorithms for a reader-friendly review of critical material, this sixth edition is fully revised to clearly update and explore current diagnostic and clinical applications of immunology, as well as strategies for the modulation of immune response and the treatment of hypersensitivity, autoimmune response, and immune deficiency conditions With an abundance of illustrations, diagrams, and algorithms, this sixth edition of Medical Immunology provides a reader-friendly review of critical material on the current diagnostic and clinical applications of immunology. Organized into four sections that describe clinical applications, methodological advances, immunological diseases, and innova