Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Interleukin 1 Receptor associated Kinase 4 Deficiency 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 a 6-year-old boy with recurrent pneumococcal meningitis. It provides information on an inability of the innate immune system to detect pathogen presence, and the sequencing of DNA for the IRAK4 gene that revealed a homozygous nonsense mutation within the kinase domain.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Interleukin 1 Receptor associated Kinase 4 Deficiency written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study is about a 6-year-old boy with recurrent pneumococcal meningitis. It provides information on an inability of the innate immune system to detect pathogen presence, and the sequencing of DNA for the IRAK4 gene that revealed a homozygous nonsense mutation within the kinase domain.

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 Deficiency of the C8 Complement Component written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a case history of a patient with deficiency of the C8 complement component, to illustrate essential points about the mechanisms of immunity and to explain some of the immunological problems often seen in the clinic. It is helpful for medical and pre-medical students.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology Activation induced Cytidine Deaminase AID Deficiency 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 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 Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency 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 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 Factor I Deficiency 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 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 X linked Agammaglobulinemia written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case study is about a medical student with an inherited inability to make antibodies. His family history revealed that he had inherited this defect in antibody synthesis as an X-linked recessive abnormality. Pyogenic bacteria are the major cause of infection in X-linked agammaglobulinemia.

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 46 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 MHC Class II Deficiency written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents case histories 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 to understand the importance of basic immunological mechanisms.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology MHC Class I Deficiency written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a case history of a patient with MHC class I deficiency, to illustrate essential points about the mechanisms of immunity and to explain some of the immunological problems often seen in the clinic. It is helpful for medical and pre-medical students.

Download or read book Case Studies in Immunology X linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 49 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 X linked Hyper IgM Syndrome written by Raif Geha and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents case histories in immunology to illustrate essential points about the mechanisms of immunity in a clinical context. The case histories describe and explain some of the immunological problems often seen in the clinic.

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 X linked Hypohydrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia and 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 case study is about a nine-month infant with X-linked ectodermal dysplasia and immunodeficiency due to NEMO deficiency. It provides insights on immunodeficiency due to a defective component in an intracellular signaling pathway required for both innate and adaptive immunity.

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.