Basic Immunology E-Book (eBook)

Basic Immunology E-Book

Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
336 Seiten
Elsevier Health Sciences (Verlag)
978-0-443-10550-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Meticulously reviewed and updated for today's medical students, Basic Immunology, 7th Edition, is a concise text expertly written by the same distinguished author team as the best-selling, comprehensive text, Cellular and Molecular Immunology. This focused, easy-to-understand volume has been fully revised to include recent important advances in our understanding and knowledge of the immune system. A student favorite through six outstanding editions, this new edition uses full-color illustrations and clinical images, useful tables, and practical features such as Summary Point boxes, end-of-chapter review questions, glossary terms, and clinical cases-all designed to help students master this complex topic in the most efficient, effective manner possible. - Emphasizes clinical aspects of immunology, including disease pathogenesis, the development of novel therapies based on basic science, and an appendix of clinical cases for real-world application. - Contains new and expanded content on pandemics, COVID-19, and herd immunity; resistance and susceptibility to COVID-19; RNA vaccines and hybrid viral vaccines; tumor immunotherapy; innate immune responses to viruses; mechanisms of immunologic tolerance; and immunotherapy for autoimmune, allergic, and other inflammatory diseases, and cancer. - Provides unrivalled instruction from an expert author team, all of whom are experienced teachers, course directors, and lecturers. - Features a highly readable writing style and practical organization, now with fully revised content and updated images to cover new information and improve reader understanding of complex concepts. - Provides additional online features such as answers to in-book chapter review questions and self-assessment questions. - Presents information in a format and style that maximizes usefulness to students and teachers of medicine, allied health fields, and biology. - Contains numerous features designed to help students understand key immunologic concepts: high-quality illustrations, practical tables, chapter outlines, bolded key points, and focus questions in every chapter for self-assessment and review.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.4.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
• ISBN-10: 0-443-10550-2 / 0443105502
• ISBN-13: 978-0-443-10550-0 / 9780443105500