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Immunology & Serology in Laboratory Medicine (Immunology & Serology in Laboratory Medicine ( Turgeon))
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.0756
EAN: 9780323023719
Edition: 3
ISBN: 0323023711
Label: Mosby
Manufacturer: Mosby
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: March 01, 2003
Publisher: Mosby
Studio: Mosby
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Editorial Review:
This book provides detailed and specific information on the theoretical concepts in immunology that are applicable to the laboratory sciences, underlying theories of procedures that are applicable to specific disorders, and selected disorders that are relevant to clinical laboratory science. The 3rd edition is a comprehensive, readable, student-friendly text featuring revised content and new, up-to-date information. The first two sections of the book provide foundation knowledge and skills that progress from basic immunologic mechanisms and serologic concepts, to the theory of laboratory procedures such as automated techniques. The final two sections emphasize medical applications that are relevant to clinical laboratory science, addressing representative disorders of infectious and immunologic origin as well as topics such as transplantation and tumor immunology. Each chapter begins with an outline and learning objectives, ending with a summary, review questions, and a bibliography. Most chapters also contain case studies and procedures that challenge readers to apply their knowledge to real-life situations. Instructor resources are available to qualified adopters; contact your sales representative for more information.- Step-by-step procedures throughout the book combine both the immunological theories presented in the text with real-life laboratory tests.
- Comprehensive coverage presents the range of issues students need to learn in immunology and serology, also serving as an effective bench reference for practitioners.
- Various features such as the Chapter Outline, Learning Objectives, Procedures, Case Studies, Chapter Highlights, Review Questions, and Bibliography reinforce the most important points in each chapter and make information more memorable, eliminating the need for a separate study guide or lab manual.
- A vibrant two-color design enhances the text, illustrations, tables, and boxes to highlight important features.
- A glossary in the back of the book gives students convenient reference to succinct, accurate definitions of important words.
- New chapters - Molecular Techniques (Chapter 11), Bone Marrow Transplantation (Chapter 29), and Tumor Immunology (Chapter 30) - provide cutting-edge information to make the book more complete.
- New content covers the latest safety information, the newest diagnostic methods and therapeutics for AIDS, up-to-date information on understanding vaccines, inclusion of Apoptosis in the cell cycle, updated lymphocyte membrane characteristics, and a revised list of cytokines with immunologic functions.
- The chapter on Tick-Borne Diseases (Chapter 16) has been expanded to include Borreliosis and Ehrlichiosis in addition to new information on Lyme Disease.
- The chapter on The Cells and Cellular Activities of the Immune System: Lymphocytes and Plasma Cells (Chapter 4) has been revised to include T-Lymphocyte Membrane Markers.
- 20 new real-life clinical case studies have been added throughout the text.
- This edition provides over 425 new review questions, plus a new Test Your Immunology Vocabulary appendix that also contains 84 test questions.
- All of the line drawings have been redrawn in two-color to give the art a fresh, modern appearance.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Poorly organized
I have been a medical technologist for 16 years and have taught immunology for 12 years in the classroom and clincial setting. This book is poorly organized and not relevant to the normal clinical lab. New terms for a med tech student are used in the first chapter and then defined in later chapters. There is an entire section on RID which only high volume reference labs use and is no longer recommended by ASCP to be covered in med tech schools. The lack of newer illustrations and photographs, ... Read More
Rating:  - Too complex for words
This book along with others by the author are extremely complex and confusing to a student who does not have a working knowledge of this subject. It is as if she went through the dictonary to see how hard of words she could use to make herself look "super dooper" smart. You would have to be a medical student to even get the gist of what she is saying. This book's lack of color and understandable diagrams makes it even harder to follow. I would not recommend this book to anyone but PhDs, ... Read More
Rating: - A book about as good as her teaching...
This book is complex. Any normal student would be completely overwhealmed by this book geared more towards Medical School students rather than traditional college students. The language is too technical and the photos are laughable. There are no colorful pictures for those of us who like to be able to actually see what we are learning, there is no clear cut explaination of any of the suggested topic, and all in color green and the suggested photograph on page 199. Other than subtle hints of green, ... Read More
Rating:  - Award Winning Book
The 2nd edition of Immunology and Serology in Laboratory Medicine and the accompanying workbook were awarded the American Medical Writers Excellence in Medical Communication Award in June, 1997.
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