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Coico, Richard,

Immunology : a short course / Richard Coico, Geoffrey Sunshine. - Seventh edition. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 406 pages) : color illustrations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of the immune system -- Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- Immunogens and antigens -- Antibody structure and function -- Antigen-antobody interactions, immune assays, and experimental systems -- The genetic basis of antibody structure -- Biology of the B lymphocyte -- How T cells recognize antigen : the role of the major histocompatibility complex -- Biology of the T lymphocyte -- Activation and function of T cells -- Cytokines -- Tolerance and autoimmunity -- Complement -- Hypersensitivity : type I -- Hypersensitivity : types II and III -- Hypersensitivity : type IV -- Immunodeficiency disorders and neoplasias of the lymphoid system -- Transplantation -- Tumor immunology -- Resistance and immununization to infectious diseases.

ISBN: 9781118396902 1118396901 9781118396896 1118396898

LCCN: 2014023773

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Immunology.
Allergy and Immunology.
Immune System Diseases.
Immune System Processes.
Immunity.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
MEDICAL / Diseases
MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL / Internal Medicine

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QR181 / .B395 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 616.07/9

National Library of Medicine Call No.: QW 504