Immunology : clinical case studies and disease pathophysiology / / Warren Strober, Susan R. S. Gottesman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465018803321
• Autore: Strober Warren
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2009; ©2009
• ISBN: 1-118-96600-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (419 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.97
• Soggetti: Immunologic diseases; Clinical immunology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; TITLE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX OF LESSONS IN NORMAL IMMUNITY; INTRODUCTION TO CASE STUDIES: A GUIDE TO USING THIS BOOK; Unit I IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASES; INTRODUCTION: ORGANIZATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND EVALUATION OF THE IMMUNODEFICIENT PATIENT; 1 X-LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA (BRUTON'S AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA); 2 SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASE; 3 DiGEORGE SYNDROME (CONGENITAL THYMIC APLASIA); 4 HYPER-IgM SYNDROME; 5 COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASE; 6 AUTOIMMUNE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROME (ALPS); 7 X-LINKED LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROME; 8 HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA9 ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; Unit II IMMEDIATE HYPERSENSITIVITY AND MAST CELL DISORDERS; INTRODUCTION: WHEN ANTIGENS BECOME ALLERGENS; 10 MASTOCYTOSIS; 11 ANAPHYLAXIS; 12 ASTHMA; 13 THE VASCULITIDES; Unit III AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS; INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS AND MECHANISMS OF TOLERANCE; 14 MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; 15 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; 16 DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 1; 17 CELIAC DISEASE; 18 INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; 19 PSORIASIS; 20 IgA NEPHROPATHY AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; 21 RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; 22 SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; 23 ; SCLERODERMA; Unit IV MALIGNANCIES OF THE LYMPHOID SYSTEMINTRODUCTION: CLASSIFICATION OF LYMPHOID MALIGNANCIES; 24 CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA/SMALL LYMPHOCYTIC LYMPHOMA; 25 FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; 26 PLASMA CELL NEOPLASMS; Unit V; LABORATORY TESTS USED IN THE WORKUP OF PATIENTS WITH IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 26 real-life cases illustrate the applications of basic immunology in clinical settingsMay be utilized alone or as a companion to Immunology: A Short Course 6th edition by Coico and Sunshine ISBN 9780470081587Each case study is introduced by clearly written descriptions of the major immunological disordersFull colour photographs and illustrations complement complete presentation of real dataIncludes complete set of problems and discussion questions for each chapter