TY - BOOK AU - Doan,Thao TI - Immunology T2 - Lippincott's illustrated reviews SN - 9781451109375 AV - QR182.55 .I473 2013 U1 - 616.079 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Immune system KW - Physiology KW - Immune System KW - physiology KW - Immunity KW - Outline N1 - Includes index; The need for self-recognition -- Antigens and receptors -- Barriers to infection -- Cells of the innate immune system -- Innate immune function -- Molecules of adaptive immunity -- Cells and organs -- Generation of immune diversity : lymphocyte antigen receptors -- Lymphocyte development -- Lymphocyte activation -- Lymphocyte effector functions -- Regulation of adaptive responses -- The well patient : how innate and adaptive immune responses -- Maintain health -- Hypersensitivity reactions -- Immune deficiency -- Autoimmunity -- Transplantation -- Immune pharmacotherapy -- Tumor immunity -- Measurement of immune function N2 - Over 300 full-color annotated illustrations, an outline format, chapter summaries, review questions, and case studies that link basic science to real-life clinical situations. This book can be used as a review text for a short immunology course, or paired with Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Microbiology for a combined microbiology/immunology course ER -