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More About This Title Essentials of Clinical Immunology - Includes Wiley E-Text 6e
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Essentials of Clinical Immunology provides the most up-to-date, core information required to understand diseases with an immunological basis. Clinically focussed, the sixth edition of this classic text presents theoretical and practical information in a simple yet thorough way.
Essentials of Clinical Immunology covers the underlying pathophysiology, the signs and symptoms of disease, the investigations required and guidance on the management of patients.
Perfect for clinical medical students, junior doctors and medical professionals seeking a refresher in the role of immunology in clinical medicine, this comprehensive text features fully updated clinical information, boxes with key points, real-life case histories to illustrate key concepts and an index of contents at the start of each chapter.
A companion website at www.immunologyclinic.com provides additional learning tools, including more case studies, interactive multiple-choice questions and answers, all of the photographs and illustrations from the book, links to useful websites, and a selection of review articles from the journal Clinical and Experimental Immunology.
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Professor Helen Chapel, Consultant Immunologist and Professor of Clinical Immunology, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford. Course Director for the MSc in Integrated Immunology.
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Preface to the Sixth Edition iv
Preface to the First Edition v
How to Use Your Textbook vi
About the Companion Website ix
Key to Illustrations x
1 Basic Components: Structure and Function 1
2 Infection 34
3 Immunodeficiency 54
4 Anaphylaxis and Allergy 86
5 Autoimmunity 105
6 Lymphoproliferative Disorders 121
7 Immune Manipulation 137
8 Transplantation 157
9 Kidney Diseases 171
10 Joints and Muscles 194
11 Skin Diseases 219
12 Eye Diseases 236
13 Chest Diseases 245
14 Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases 263
15 Endocrinology and Diabetes 288
16 Non-Malignant Haematological Diseases 300
17 Neuroimmunology 312
18 Immunological Diseases in Pregnancy 324
19 Techniques in Clinical Immunology 332
Appendix: Further Resources 351
Index 353
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I like the book very much, Well structured around organ system that makes it easy to learn about a specific problem for example around a patient. (Anders Fasth, University of Gothenburg)
