Immunology
Darla J. Wise
- 30 april 2002
- 9780813815992
Samenvatting:
This text offers the essential and basic ideas of immunology as a quick reference for students, practitioners, and veterinary technicians. It includes the origin and function of hemopoietic and lymphopoietic cells; non-specific immunity; antigens; and complement.
This concise supplementary text offers the essential ideas of immunology as a quick reference for students, practitioners, and veterinary technicians. The organization follows a natural progression, beginning with basic concepts and proceeding to what immunity does to protect the body and what happens when things go wrong. Useful features include:
- Up-to-date information covering all aspects of immunology
- A thorough discussion of immunodiagnostic techniques and AIDS
- Numerous figures and tables illustrating principles and summarizing data
- End-of-chapter glossaries, as well as a cumulative glossary
- A comprehensive list of milestones in immunology
Immunology: A Comprehensive Review will help readers grasp this difficult and important subject.
Immunology: A Concise Review offers the essential and basic ideas of immunology as a quick reference for students, practitioners, and veterinary technicians. Although concise, the book is comprehensive and a knowledge of its contents will assure the reader a relatively thorough understanding of what is frequently a difficult subject.
The book covers all of the basics of immunology, including chapters on: the origin and function of hemopoietic and lymphopoietic cells; non-specific immunity; antigens; complement; cell receptors and cytokines associated with the immune response; specific immune responses; responses to bacteria, fungi, protozoa, helminths, and tumors. More advanced topics include: an examination of all four hypersensitivity reactions; autoimmunity; immune deficiency diseases; organ transplant and rejection; vaccination and immunization; and immunodiagnostic techniques.
Additionally, the book offers end of chapter glossaries and a cumulative glossary as well as explanatory black and white illustrations.