Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Hereditary Periodic Fever Syndromes written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study is about fever and inflammation in the absence of infection in an infant, a week after his birth. One of the most serious long-term complications of the periodic fever syndromes is systemic amyloidosis, which occurs when misfolded fragments of serum amyloid get deposited in tissues.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Hereditary Periodic Fever Syndromes written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study is about fever and inflammation in the absence of infection in an infant, a week after his birth. One of the most serious long-term complications of the periodic fever syndromes is systemic amyloidosis, which occurs when misfolded fragments of serum amyloid get deposited in tissues.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-07-29 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents case histories to illustrate in a clinical context essential points about the mechanisms of immunity. It includes cases that illustrate both recently discovered genetic immunodeficiencies and some more familiar and common diseases with interesting immunology.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Multiple Sclerosis written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2012-02-17 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study is about a 29-year-old professional oboe player who was first diagnosed for optic neuritis and then for multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is an example of a T-cell mediated autoimmune disease, wherein there is an autoimmune attack on the integrity of the central nervous system.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case Studies in Immunology, Seventh Edition is intended for medical students and undergraduate and graduate students in immunology. It presents major topics of immunology through a selection of clinical cases that reinforce and extend the basic science. Each case history is preceded by essential scientific facts about the immunological mechanisms o

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology written by Raif S. Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2008 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume recapitulates major topics of immunology as the background to a selection of real clinical cases that reinforce and extend the basic science, illustrating the importance of an understanding of immunology in diagnosis and therapy.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents case histories to illustrate in a clinical context essential points about the mechanisms of immunity. It includes cases that illustrate both recently discovered genetic immunodeficiencies and some more familiar and common diseases with interesting immunology.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Systemic Lupus Erythematosus written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents case histories that are chosen for two purposes: to illustrate in a clinical context essential points about the mechanisms of immunity; and to describe and explain some of the immunological problems often seen in the clinic.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Factor I Deficiency written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study is about a 25-year-old male admitted into hospital for the 28th time. He was later diagnosed with a genetic deficiency in factor I that were instrumental in deciphering the mechanism of activation of the alternative pathway of complement activation important in innate immunity.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study is about an autoimmune disease triggered by infection. It describes how Gwendolen Fairfax, a healthy, unmarried 34-year-old bank manager, who developed the sudden onset of fever, cough and anemia, was started on erythromycin by intravenous administration for treatment.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology T Cell Lymphoma written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a case history of a patient with T-Cell lymphoma, to illustrate essential points about the mechanisms of immunity and to explain some of the immunological problems seen in the clinic. It is intended for medical students and pre-medical students.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Common Variable Immunodeficiency written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents case histories to illustrate in a clinical context essential points about the mechanisms of immunity. It includes cases that illustrate both recently discovered genetic immunodeficiencies and some more familiar and common diseases with interesting immunology.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study is about a 31-year old lady with blood group A, Rh-negative red cells, who was diagnosed for a fetus in immunological distress. Though elimination of the hemolytic disease of the newborn is possible, alloimmunization may fail in mothers even after giving them purified immunoglobulin.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome ALPS written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a case history of a patient with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, to illustrate essential points about the mechanisms of immunity and to explain some of the immunological problems seen in the clinic. It is helpful for medical students and pre-medical students.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology X linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a case history of a patient with X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome, to illustrate essential points about the mechanisms of immunity and to explain some of the immunological problems seen in the clinic. It is intended to help medical students and pre-medical students.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Immune Dysregulation Polyendocrinopathy Enteropathy X linked Disease written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a case history of a patient with immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy X-linked disease, to illustrate essential points about the mechanisms of immunity and to explain some of the immunological problems seen in the clinic. It is helpful for medical students.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Drug Induced Serum Sickness written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a case study of a 12-year-old boy who received massive intravenous penicillin and ampicillin injections to treat pneumonia and developed a serum sickness reaction to the antibiotics. Serum sickness can prove fatal if it provokes kidney shutdown or bleeding in a critical area.