Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 450 g
Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 450 g
ISBN: 978-0-443-12298-9
Verlag: Churchill Livingstone
- Clinical case studies include etiology, pathophysiology, laboratory findings, and critical thinking questions, allowing you to apply your knowledge of concepts and procedures.
- Visual learning features make studying easier with algorithms, illustrations, photographs, and summary boxes.
- Key Concepts are interwoven throughout each chapter, highlighting the most important facts.
- Content correlation between lecture and reading, diagnostic laboratory procedures, and case studies allows for easy reference.
- Learning objectives and key terms open each chapter, providing measurable outcomes and a framework for organizing your study efforts.
- More than 650 end-of-chapter, multiple-choice questions provide opportunities for review and self-assessment.
- Laboratory procedures on the Evolve website and in the eBook help you apply immunology and serology theory to clinical laboratory practice.
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PART I: Basic Immunologic Mechanisms
1. Foundations of Immunology
2. Soluble Mediators of the Immune System
3. Antigens and Antibodies
4. Cellular Activities and Clinical Disorders of Innate and Adaptive Immunity
PART II: The Theory of Immunologic and Serologic Procedures
5. Safety in the Immunology-Serology Laboratory
6. Quality Control and Quality Assurance Practices
7. Serologic Laboratory: Techniques and Clinical Applications
8. Precipitation and Particle Agglutination Methods
9. Electrophoresis Techniques and Chromatography
10. Labeling Techniques in Immunoassay
11. Flow Cytometry
12. Molecular Laboratory Techniques
PART III: Immunologic Manifestations of Infectious Diseases
13. Infectious Diseases: Overview & TORCH Diseases
14. Streptococcal Infections
15. Syphilis
16. Vector-Borne Diseases
17. Infectious Mononucleosis
18. Viral Hepatitis
PART IV: Immune Disorders
19. Primary and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes
20. Hypersensitivity Reactions
21. Plasma Cell Neoplasms and Other Diseases with Paraproteins
22. Tolerance, Autoimmunity, and Autoimmune Disorders
23. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
24. Rheumatoid Arthritis
PART V: Transplantation & Tumor Immunology
25. Transplantation: Human Leukocyte Antigens, Solid Organ, and Hematopoietic Stem Cells,
26. Tumor Immunology and Applications of Massive Parallel Sequencing/Next-Generation Sequencing
PART VI: Vaccines
27. Vaccines-Development and Applications
Appendix A: Answers to Case Study Multiple-Choice Questions
Appendix B: Answers to Review Questions
Appendix C: Origin and Immunoregulatory Activity of Cytokines
Appendix D: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Appendix E: Vaccines Licensed in the United States by the Federal Drug Administration
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