01925nam a2200157 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902000180006010000170007824500480009526000430014330000310018652015200021770000170173770000130175417115642008-08-15       2004    bl uuuu     u0uu1 u    #d  a97801219838261 aCRUSE, J. M.  aImmunology guidebookh[electronic resource]  aBoston : Elsevier Academic Pressc2004  axii, 502 p. cill. ;29 cm.  aMolecules, Cells and Tissues of Immunity -- Antigens, Immunogens, Vaccines and Immunization -- Cluster of Differentiation (CD) Antigens -- The HLA Dictionary 2001 -- Nomenclature for Factors of the HLA system -- Nomenclature for Factors of the Dog Major Histocompatibility System (DLA), 2000: Second Report of the ISAG DLA Nomenclature Committee -- Antigen Presentation -- B Cells, Immunoglobulin Genes and Immunoglobulin Structure -- T Cells and the Thymus -- Cytokines and Chemokines -- The Complement System -- Type I, II, II and IV Hypersensitivity -- Microbial Immunity -- Immunoregulation, Tolerance and Therapeutic Immunology -- Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine -- Immunological Diseases and Immunopathology -- Immunodeficiencies: Congenital and Acquired -- Transplantation Immunology.The Immunology Guidebook provides an easily accessible text-reference to the more up-to-date and difficult concepts in the complex science of immunology. It aims to demystify basic concepts and specialised molecular and cellular interactions. Its 18 chapters offer a logical and sequential presentation where much of the data is displayed in carefully designed tables. This book is intended for immunology students, researchers, practitioners and basic biomedical scientists. * Tables provide a quick reference to difficult to find' immunology data * A distillate of the latest information on immunogenetics of the human MHC associated with tissue transplantation * Information boxes featurw related web resources.1 aLEWIS, R. E.1 aWANG, H.