Medical Immunology

Medical Immunology

Authors: Tristram G. Parslow, Daniel P. Stites, Abba I. Terr and John B. Imboden

Published: March 2001

eISBN: 9780071501774 0071501770 | ISBN: 9780838563007

Contents

Authors

Preface

SECTION I. BASIC IMMUNOLOGY

1. Fundamentals of Blood Cell Biology

2. Innate Immunity

3. Lymphocytes & Lymphoid Tissues

4. The Immune Response

5. Immunogens, Antigens, & Vaccines

6. Antigen Presentation & the Major Histocompatibility Complex

7. Immunoglobulins & Immunoglobulin Genes

8. B-Cell Development & the Humoral Immune Response

9. T Lymphocytes & Natural Killer Cells

10. Cytokines

11. Chemokines

12. Complement & Kinin

13. Inflammation

14. The Mucosal Immune System

SECTION II. IMMUNOLOGIC LABORATORY TESTS

15. Clinical Laboratory Methods for Detection of Antigens & Antibodies

16. Clinical Laboratory Methods for Detection of Cellular Immunity

17. Blood Banking & Immunohematology

18. Molecular Genetic Techniques for Clinical Analysis of the Immune System

19. Histocompatibility Testing

20. Laboratory Evaluation of Immune Competence

SECTION III. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

21. Antibody (B-Cell) Immunodeficiency Disorders

22. T-Cell Immunodeficiency Disorders

23. Combined Antibody (B-Cell) & Cellular (T-Cell) Immunodeficiency Disorders

24. Phagocytic Dysfunction Diseases

25. Complement Deficiencies

26. The Atopic Diseases

27. Anaphylaxis & Urticaria

28. Immune-Complex Allergic Diseases

29. Cell-Mediated Hypersensitivity Diseases

30. Drug Allergy

31. Rheumatic Diseases

32. Endocrine Diseases

33. Hematologic Diseases

34. Inflammatory Vasculitides

35. Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary, & Orodental Diseases

36. Renal Disease

37. Dermatologic Diseases

38. Neurologic Diseases

39. Eye Diseases

40. Respiratory Diseases

41. Reproduction & the Immune System

42. Mechanisms of Tumor Immunology

43. Neoplasms of the Immune System

44. Bacterial Diseases

45. Viral Infections

46. AIDS & Other Virus Infections of the Immune System

47. Fungal Diseases

48. Parasitic Diseases

49. Spirochetal Diseases: Syphilis & Lyme Disease

SECTION IV. IMMUNOLOGIC THERAPY

50. Immunization

51. Allergy Desensitization

52. Clinical Transplantation

53. Immunosuppressive, Antiinflammatory, & Immunomodulatory Therapy

Appendix The CD Classification of Hematopoietic Cell Surface Markers

Index