Immunology, With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access, 8th Edition

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Immunology, 8th Edition makes it easy for you to learn all the basic and clinical concepts you need to know for your courses and USMLEs. This medical textbook’s highly visual, carefully structured approach makes immunology simple to understand and remember.

• Understand the building blocks of the immune system - cells, organs and major receptor molecules - as well as initiation and actions of the immune response, especially in a clinical context.
• Visually grasp and retain difficult concepts easily thanks to a user-friendly color-coded format, key concept boxes, explanatory diagrams, and over 190 photos to help you visualize tissues and diseases.
• Put concepts into practice. "Critical Thinking Boxes" and 25 online cases encourage you to "think immunologically" while anchoring your understanding of immunology through clinical application.
• Gauge your mastery of the material and build confidence with high-yield style chapter-opening summaries and case-based and USMLE-style questions that provide effective chapter review and quick practice for your exams.
• Access the full contents online at www.studentconsult.com where you'll find the complete text and illustrations, USMLE-style questions, clinical cases, and much more!

• Get the depth of coverage you need in a smaller, more manageably sized book. Through meticulous editing and reorganization, primary material remains in the book while more specialized and clinical material has been moved online.
• Master the most cutting-edge concepts in immunology. Thorough updates throughout provide the timely knowledge you need ace your exams.

·  Section 1: Components of the Immune System

·  Chapter 1: Introduction to the Immune System

·  Chapter 2: Cells, Tissues, and Organs of the Immune System

·  Chapter 3: Antibodies

·  Chapter 4: Complement

·  Chapter 5: T Cell Receptors and MHC Molecules

·  Section 2: Modes of Immune Response

·  Chapter 6: Mechanisms of Innate Immunity

·  Chapter 7: Mononuclear Phagocytes in Immune Defense

·  Chapter 8: Antigen Presentation

·  Chapter 9: Cell Cooperation in the Antibody Response

·  Chapter 10: Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity

·  Chapter 11: Regulation of the Immune Response

·  Chapter 12: Immune Responses in Tissues

·  Section 3: Defense Against Infectious Agents

·  Chapter 13: Immunity to Viruses

·  Chapter 14: Immunity to Bacteria and Fungi

·  Chapter 15: Immunity to Protozoa and Worms

·  Chapter 16: Primary Immunodeficiencies

·  Chapter 17: AIDS, Secondary Immunodeficiency and Immunosuppression

·  Chapter 18: Vaccination

·  Section 4: Immune Responses Against Tissues

·  Chapter 19: Immunological Tolerance

·  Chapter 20: Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Disease

·  Chapter 21: Transplantation and Rejection

·  Chapter 22: Immunity to Cancers

·  Section 5: Hypersensitivity

·  Chapter 23: Immediate Hypersensitivity (Type I)

·  Chapter 24: Hypersensitivity (Type II)

·  Chapter 25: Hypersensitivity (Type III)

·  Chapter 26: Hypersensitivity (Type IV)

·  Delayed hypersensitivity

·  Contact hypersensitivity

·  Tuberculin-type hypersensitivity

·  Granulomatous hypersensitivity

·  Cellular reactions in type IV hypersensitivity

·  Granulomatous reactions in chronic diseases

·  Appendices online

·  Appendix 1: Major Histocompatibility Complex

·  Appendix 2: CD System

·  Appendix 3: The Major Cytokines

·  Appendix 4: Human Chemokines and Their Receptors

·  Critical thinking: Explanations

·  Glossary

·  Index

·  Instructions for online access