Description
Understand all the essential concepts in immunology with Basic Immunology: Functions and Disorders of the Immune System! This concise, focused text provides you with an up-to-date, accessible introduction to the workings of the human immune system.

Key Features
   - Efficiently master the immunology information you need through clinically focused content, logically organized by mechanism.
   - Apply what you've learned to real-world situations by referencing the appendix of clinical cases.
   - Enhance your learning with the help of numerous full-color illustrations and useful tables, as well as summary boxes, review questions, and a glossary of immunology terms.
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Table of Contents

    1. Introduction to the Immune System
    2. Innate Immunity
    3. Antigen Capture and Presentations to Lymphocytes
    4. Antigen Recognition in the Adaptive Immune System
    5. Cell-Mediated Immune Responses
    6. Effector Mechanisms of Cell-Mediated Immunity
    7. Humoral Immune Responses
    8. Effector Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity
    9. Immunologic Tolerance and Autoimmunity
    10. Immune Responses Against Tumors and Transplants
    11. Hypersensitivity Diseases
    12. Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies
    Suggested Readings
    Appendix I: Principal Features of CD Molecules
    Appendix II: Glossary
    Appendix III: Clinical Cases
    Index