This unique resource is the first covering molecular diagnostic technology that is specifically geared to the needs of those in clinical laboratory sciene or medical technology. This book covers molecular diagnostic technology and the multidisciplinary clinical applications of this technology. Topics include: immunology; infectious and autoimmune diseases; clinical applications of the flow of cytometry; organ transplantation; molecular methods and more. Clinical Laboratory Science / Medical Technology students.
Clinical Laboratory Immunology is divided in three parts. Part I includes chapters that describe the general concepts of immunology, types of immunity, and immune responses. Chapter 1 introduces the learner to the discipline of immunology from a historical perspective. It shows the learner not only how immunology continues to evolve and expand in its clinical applications, but also how concepts interact with one another. An overview of immunity, describing the different immune defenses and the role they play in defending the human host, is presented in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 presents the structure and functions of immunoglobulins, while Chapter 5 describes the complement system. In Chapter 4, the learner finds an overview of infection and immunity; the discussion of host-parasite relationships is unique in an immunology textbook. Nevertheless, this chapter provides an impression of how the human host reacts to one of its most common foreign invaders, microorganisms.
Part II presents chapters that discuss principles and procedures involved in the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases (Chapter 7), autoimmune diseases, and other immune disorders. The consequences of "over-reaction" of the immune system expressed as hypersensitivities are presented in Chapter 6; while Chapter 8 covers autoimmune and immune deficiency disorders. We include in Part II chapters in transplantation immunology (Chapter 9), tumor immunology (Chapter 10), and clinical applications of flow cytometry (Chapter 11).
The most outstanding feature of this textbook is the inclusion of molecular diagnostic technology and the multidisciplinary clinical applications of this technology in Part III. We anticipate that within the next several years, clinical laboratory science practitioners will be expected to have had certain, if at least limited, exposure or experience in this technology. Hence, we incorporate chapters that explore the most current applications of molecular methods. Part III begins with a chapter in the principles of hybridization techniques (Chapter 12), followed by the chapter in amplification technology (Chapter 13). Applications of molecular technology in cytogenetics are described in Chapter 14, and last, in organ transplantation in Chapter 15.
Book Details
Clinical Laboratory Immunology is divided in three parts. Part I includes chapters that describe the general concepts of immunology, types of immunity, and immune responses. Chapter 1 introduces the learner to the discipline of immunology from a historical perspective. It shows the learner not only how immunology continues to evolve and expand in its clinical applications, but also how concepts interact with one another. An overview of immunity, describing the different immune defenses and the role they play in defending the human host, is presented in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 presents the structure and functions of immunoglobulins, while Chapter 5 describes the complement system. In Chapter 4, the learner finds an overview of infection and immunity; the discussion of host-parasite relationships is unique in an immunology textbook. Nevertheless, this chapter provides an impression of how the human host reacts to one of its most common foreign invaders, microorganisms.
Part II presents chapters that discuss principles and procedures involved in the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases (Chapter 7), autoimmune diseases, and other immune disorders. The consequences of "over-reaction" of the immune system expressed as hypersensitivities are presented in Chapter 6; while Chapter 8 covers autoimmune and immune deficiency disorders. We include in Part II chapters in transplantation immunology (Chapter 9), tumor immunology (Chapter 10), and clinical applications of flow cytometry (Chapter 11).
The most outstanding feature of this textbook is the inclusion of molecular diagnostic technology and the multidisciplinary clinical applications of this technology in Part III. We anticipate that within the next several years, clinical laboratory science practitioners will be expected to have had certain, if at least limited, exposure or experience in this technology. Hence, we incorporate chapters that explore the most current applications of molecular methods. Part III begins with a chapter in the principles of hybridization techniques (Chapter 12), followed by the chapter in amplification technology (Chapter 13). Applications of molecular technology in cytogenetics are described in Chapter 14, and last, in organ transplantation in Chapter 15.
Book Details
Title: Clinical Laboratory Immunology (Prentice Hall Clinical Laboratory Science)- Authors: Connie R. Mahon, Diane Tice
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall (June 3, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0130933007
- ISBN-13: 9780130933003
- Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 0.6 inches
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