Medical Immunology

Contents

SECTION I. BASIC IMMUNOLOGY

1. Fundamentals of Blood Cell Biology
2. Innate Immunity
3. Lymphocytes & Lymphoid Tissues
4. The Immune Response
5. Immunogens, Antigens, & Vaccines
6. Antigen Presentation & the Major Histocompatibility Complex
7. Immunoglobulins & Immunoglobulin Genes
8. B-Cell Development & the Humoral Immune Response
9. T Lymphocytes & Natural Killer Cells
10. Cytokines
11. Chemokines
12. Complement & Kinin
13. Inflammation
14. The Mucosal Immune System

SECTION II. IMMUNOLOGIC LABORATORY TESTS

15. Clinical Laboratory Methods for Detection of Antigens & Antibodies
16. Clinical Laboratory Methods for Detection of Cellular Immunity
17. Blood Banking & Immunohematology
18. Molecular Genetic Techniques for Clinical Analysis of the Immune System
19. Histocompatibility Testing
20. Laboratory Evaluation of Immune Competence

SECTION III. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

21. Antibody (B-Cell) Immunodeficiency Disorders
22. T-Cell Immunodeficiency Disorders
23. Combined Antibody (B-Cell) & Cellular (T-Cell) Immunodeficiency Disorders
24. Phagocytic Dysfunction Diseases
25. Complement Deficiencies
26. The Atopic Diseases
27. Anaphylaxis & Urticaria
28. Immune-Complex Allergic Diseases
29. Cell-Mediated Hypersensitivity Diseases
30. Drug Allergy
31. Rheumatic Diseases
32. Endocrine Diseases
33. Hematologic Diseases
34. Inflammatory Vasculitides
35. Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary, & Orodental Diseases
36. Renal Disease
37. Dermatologic Diseases
38. Neurologic Diseases
39. Eye Diseases
40. Respiratory Diseases
41. Reproduction & the Immune System
42. Mechanisms of Tumor Immunology
43. Neoplasms of the Immune System
44. Bacterial Diseases
45. Viral Infections
46. AIDS & Other Virus Infections of the Immune System
47. Fungal Diseases
48. Parasitic Diseases
49. Spirochetal Diseases: Syphilis & Lyme Disease

SECTION IV. IMMUNOLOGIC THERAPY

50. Immunization
51. Allergy Desensitization
52. Clinical Transplantation.
53. Immunosuppressive, Antiinflammatory, & Immunomodulatory Therapy