Basic Immunology E-Book Basic Immunology E-Book
Synopsis
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.
Book details
- Edition:
- 7
- Author:
- Abul K. Abbas, Andrew H. Lichtman, Shiv Pillai
- ISBN:
- 9780443105500
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780323639101, 9780323639125, 9780443105197, 9780323639095, 9780323549431
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Pages:
- 352
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2024-10-04
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2024
- Copyright by:
- Elsevier Health Sciences
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Medicine, Nonfiction, Science