Immunology For Medical Students - Softcover

Nairn, Roderick; Helbert, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0723431906 ISBN 13: 9780723431909

Verlag: Mosby, 2002

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Immunology for Medical Students is a groundbreaking textbook of immunology that cuts through to the core content students really need to know. Information has been carefully weighted to give a rigorous understanding without overburdening the student. The writing style is clear and user-friendly, taking a step-by-step approach to difficult concepts. Clinical examples are threaded through the book highlighting the relevance of the basic science to clinical practice. The illustration program has been specially developed for rapid assimilation of material. Each illustration has been carefully constructed with dialog boxes to make understanding the immune system easier than ever. * Learning objectives focus the student on core content * Overview figures at the beginning of each chapter show the big picture * Review sections condense the major concepts * Illustrations with dialog boxes enable rapid assimilation of information * Technical boxes show how advances in science have provided new means of preventing disease * Clinical Examples, which are both current and relevant, threaded through the text.

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Dr Nairn has taught immunology to medical students since 1981, first at the University of Michigan Medical School and, since 1995, at Creighton University School of Medicine. He has participated in developing curricula and in school-wide curriculum revision, leading the biannual workshop on Teaching Microbiology and Immunology to Medical Students sponsored by the Association of Medical School M & I Chairs for the last six years.

Dr Nairn trained in the UK obtaining his PhD at the University of London and National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London. His research interests have included MHC antigen structure and function, antigen processing, cell activation in the inflammatory response etc. His laboratory has been funded by theNational Institute of Health, American Cancer Society etc, and he is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles, chapters and reviews in immunology and related research areas. In addition to research in immunology, Dr Nairn hascollaborated in research studies in medical education, particularly with respect to case based learning.

Matthew Helbert is a Consultant Clinical Immunologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at St Bartholomew's Hospital London. He runs a primary immunodeficiency clinical service and so has regular contact with patients. In addition, he runs a diagnostic laboratory. He is involved in teaching to undergraduate medical students and in training specialist registrars. He has a special interest in immunological memory.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Mosby
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0723431906
• ISBN 13: 9780723431909
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 326
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar