Endocrine and Reproductive Systems

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preface


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


1.cytokines


11.chemokines


12.complement & kinin


13.inflammation


14.the mucosal immune system


section ii.immunologic laboratoty 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


2.laboratory evaluation of immune competence


section iii.clinical immunology


21.antibody(b-cell)immunodeficiency disorders


22.t-cell immundeficiency 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


3.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


4.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


5.immunization


51.allergy diseensitization


52.clinical transplantation


53.immunosuppressive,antiinflammatory, & immunomodulatory therapy


appendix


the cd classification of hematopoietic cell surface markers


index