Turgeon, Mary Louise,

Immunology and serology in laboratory medicine / Mary Louise Turgeon. - Fourth edition - St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby, c2009. - xiii, 523 pages : illustrations ;

Revised edition of: Immunology & serology in laboratory medicine / Mary Louise Turgeon. 3rd edition c2003.

Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.

Contents : Part I Basic immunologic mechanisms -- 1 An overview of immunology -- 2 Antigens and antibodies -- 3 Cells and cellular activities of the immune system : granulocytes and mononuclear cells -- 4 Cells and cellular activities of the immune system : lymphocytes and plasma cells -- 5 Soluble mediators of the immune system -- Part II The theory of immunologic and serologic procedures -- 6 Safety in the immunology-serology laboratory -- 7 Quality assurance and quality control -- 8 Basic serologic laboratory techniques -- 9 Point-of-care testing -- 10 Agglutination methods -- 11 Electrophoresis techniques -- 12 Labeling techniques in immunoassay -- 13 Automated procedures -- 14 Molecular techniques -- Part III Immunologic manifestations of infectious diseases -- 15 The immune response in infectious diseases -- 16 A primer on vaccines -- 17 Streptococcal infections -- 18 Syphilis -- 19 Vector-borne diseases -- 20 Toxoplasmosis -- 21 Cytomegalovirus -- 22 Infectious mononucleosis -- 23 Viral hepatitis -- 24 Rubella infection -- 25 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Part IV Immunologically and serologically related disorders -- 26 Hypersensitivity reactions -- 27 Immunoproliferative disorders -- 28 Autoimmune disorders -- 29 Systematic lupus erythematosus -- 30 Rheumatoid arthritis -- 31 Solid organ transplantation -- 32 Bone marrow transplantation -- 33 Tumor immunology.


English

9789812725882 [newsprint] 9780323043823 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0323043828 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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