Basic Immunology, Updated Edition 2006-2007: with STUDENT CONSULT Access [Paperback]

Abul K. Abbas (Author), Andrew H. Lichtman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1416029745 | ISBN-13: 978-1416029748 | Publication Date: February 1, 2006 | Edition: 2

The Updated 2nd Edition of this popular text emphasizes the fundamental concepts and principles of human immunology that students need to know, without overwhelming them with extraneous material. It leads the reader to a firm understanding of basic principles, using full-color illustrations; short, easy-to-read chapters; color tables that summarize key information clinical cases; and much more-all in a conveniently sized volume that's easy to carry.

• Presents all of the most important principles that govern the function of the immune system.
  
• Extrapolates key concepts from the vast amount of experimental data that has emerged.
  
• Focuses on the cellular interactions in immune responses rather than describing in detail many of the underlying biochemical and molecular mechanisms.
  
• Emphasizes immune responses in human rather than experimental animals, drawing upon parallels with experimental situations only when necessary.
  
• Uses clear, crisp illustrations, diagrams, figures, charts and tables to highlight important principles.
  
• Illustrates how the principles of immunology may be applied to common human diseases through clinical cases in the Appendix.
  
• Features an easy-to-read layout; summarizes chapter content in bulleted lists accompanied by review questions; and offers a list of selected readings.
  
• Includes access to www.studentconsult.com, an innovative website that allows you to build a personalized, fully integrated, online library, where you'll find...
  
• The entire contents of every STUDENT CONSULT title you purchase.
  
• Integration links to bonus content in other STUDENT CONSULT titles.
  
• Powerful search capabilities- View all excerpts relevant to keyword or subject searches (up to 300 words per hit) from every book in the series.
  
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• Incorporates all of the scientific advances that are expanding the knowledge base in this rapidly evolving field - including emerging topics such as regulatory T cells and tolerance and autoimmunity.
  
• Updated suggested reading list.

Editorial Reviews

Review

BASIC IMMUNOLOGY: FUNCTIONS AND DISORDERS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM - 2ND UPDATED EDITION

ABUL K. ABBAS & ANDREW H. LICHTMAN

Reviewed by Dr. Anita Chandra, SpR in Immunology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge on behalf of the Royal College of Pathology - www.rcpath.org

Having been a great fan of the other Abbas and Lichtman book, Cellular and Molecular Immunology (2005), I was extremely keen to see that the 'baby' version was like and it has not failed to impress me.

Each chapters is written in a concise and easy to read format and as the book is small and compact one can imagine that it is easy for a medical student to carry it around and read a chapter / case whilst waiting for a supervisor to appear.

The main strength of the book is that there are excellent tabulated diagrams and tables accompanying the text which compliment the prose and make it easier to visualise the various immunological processes. At the end of each chapter is a brief summary of the key points followed by a few suggested essay questions for students. If you are anything like me and leave revision very much until the last moment, you will find the summaries and questions a godsend.

The authors aim this squarely at undergraduates as an introductory text and to this end they have succeeded in writing what will undoubtedly become a student must-have text.

About the Author

Abul K. Abbas, MD, MBBS, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; and Andrew H. Lichtman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 2 edition (February 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416029745
• ISBN-13: 978-1416029748
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #497,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great med school book, April 21, 2006

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L Grayson (ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic Immunology, Updated Edition 2006-2007: with STUDENT CONSULT Access (Paperback)

My required reading text for Immunology was the Goldsby Immunology. After exhausting myself digging through sentences like "Protein A, with seven subunits designated 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, with respective molecular weights of 43, 32, 75, 12, 65, 12, and 76, binds inside a 14-Angstrom cleft in Protein B, proved by Researchers Smith and Jones in 1986 using wing-dangled gel electrophoresis..." I switched to this text, which is more like "Protein A binds to Protein B."
This text would be inappropriate for a graduate student studying immunology, but for a medical student who just wants to do well on the test and Boards, this is fantastic. Although it is brief, it covers everything from First Aid in good detail, emphasizes clinically relevant material, and glosses over clinically irrelevant parts. The diagrams do a good job of summarizing the text and are easy to follow. Highly recommend. It didn't have a section on how immunology-based lab techniques are carried out, but then, I'd rather poke my eyes out than ever, ever have anything to do with running a Western blot.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great text, November 3, 2006

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Student Doctor MG (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Basic Immunology, Updated Edition 2006-2007: with STUDENT CONSULT Access (Paperback)

This is an excellent immunology text that is recommended by a top 3 medical school. Many schools have this text and Janeway's text ranked equally and they use diagrams from both.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Average buy, September 16, 2007

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Anselm Tintinu "Gentlemd2b" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Basic Immunology, Updated Edition 2006-2007: with STUDENT CONSULT Access (Paperback)

I bought this book as a required text for my med school immunology block. My firs time using the book. I like the images and captions. I also like the fact that key terms are not only defined at the back of the book but a quick summary of how these terms apply within the text is given. What I dislike about the book is the fact that topics are not well organized; they're scattered all over the book. I only used it for reference and for the cartoons/images.