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1 online resource (x, 656 pages) : illustrations |
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BIOSCIENCEnetBASE
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Cells and tissues involved in the immune response / Gabriel Virella and Jean-Michel Goust -- Major histocompatibility complex / Jean-Michel Boust -- Induction of an immune response : antigens, lymphocytes, and accessory cells / Gabriel Virella and Barbara E. Bierer -- Immunoglobulin structure / Gabriel Virella -- Biosynthesis, metabolism, and biological properties of immunoglobulins / Gabriel Virella -- Complement system / Robert Boackle -- Lymphocyte ontogeny and membrane markers / Virginia M. Litwin and Jean-Michel Goust -- Cell-mediated immunity / Barbara E. Bierer, Jean-Michel Goust, and Gabriel Virella -- Humoral immune response and its induction by active immunization / Gabriel Virella -- Phagocytic cells / Gabriel Virella -- Infections and immunity / Gabriel Virella -- Diagnostic immunology / Gabriel Virella and Virginia M. Litwin -- Tolerance and autoimmunity / George C. Tsokos, Jean-Michel Goust, and Gabriel Virella -- Organ-specific autoimmune diseases / Gabriel Virella and Jean-Michel Goust -- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus / George C. Tsokos and Jean-Michel Goust -- Rheumatoid arthritis / Jean-Michel Goust and Gabriella Virella -- Hypersensitivity reactions / Gabriel Virella -- IgE-mediated (immediate) hypersensitivity / Jean-Michel Goust and Albert F. Finn, Jr -- Immunohematology / Gabriel Virella and Mary Ann Spivey -- Immune complex diseases / Gabriel Virella and George C. Tsokos -- Immune system modulators / Philip D. Hall, Jean-Michel Goust, and Gabriel Virella -- Transplantation immunology / Gabriel Virella, Richard Knight, and Jonathan Bromberg -- Tumor immunology / Sebastiano Gattoni-Celli -- Malignancies of the immune system / Gabriel Virella and Jean-Michel Goust -- Diagnosis of immunodeficiency diseases / Gabriel Virella and John Sleasman -- Primary immunodeficiency diseases / Gabriel Virella and John Sleasman -- AIDS and other acquired immunodeficiency diseases / Gabriel Virella |
Summary |
This work covers recent advances in basic and clinical immunology - emphasizing diagnostic and clinical applications as well as discussions of the principles and strategies for modulation of the immune response and treatment of hypersensitivity, autoimmune, and immune deficiency diseases |
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Revised edition of: Introduction to medical immunology. 4th ed. ©1998 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Clinical immunology.
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Immunology.
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Immunity.
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Immunologic diseases.
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Immunity
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Allergy and Immunology
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Immune System Diseases
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MEDICAL -- Immunology.
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Immunologic diseases
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Immunity
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Clinical immunology
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Immunology
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Einführung
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Immunologie
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Electronic book
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Author |
Virella, Gabriel, 1943-
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ISBN |
0585419213 |
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9780585419213 |
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0824745094 |
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9780824745097 |
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