Overview
- Describes basic science discoveries and the latest clinical advances
- Structured in accordance with the most recent classification of humoral PIDs
- Covers updates in the B cell immunological synapse
- Provides in-depth descriptions of novel humoral PID genes and related clinical applications
- Documents the different clinical phenotypes of humoral PIDs
Part of the book series: Rare Diseases of the Immune System (RDIS)
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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About this book
This book presents detailed state of the art knowledge on the humoral primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs), i.e., disorders arising from impaired antibody production due to defects intrinsic to B cells or defective interaction between B and T cells. There is extensive coverage of both basic science discoveries and the latest clinical advances in the field. The book is structured in accordance with the most recent classification of PIDs and also covers updates on the B cell immunological synapse. Readers will find comprehensive, in-depth descriptions of novel humoral PID genes and related clinical applications, mucosal B cells, and the various clinical phenotypes of humoral PIDs. Aspects such as differential diagnosis, clinical management in children and adults, and the role of vaccines are also addressed. The authors are all recognized experts from Europe, Australia, and the United States. Humoral Primary Immunodeficiencies will be of high value for immunologists, pediatricians,rheumatologists, oncologists, internists, and infectious disease specialists and will also be informative for MD and PhD students.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mario M. D'Elios, MD, PhD, Specialist in Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Professor of Internal Medicine, Group leader, chief of the Nanomedicine and Immunology unit at the University of Florence, Italy. Expert in mucosal immunology, primary immunodeficiencies and infectious diseases.
Marta Rizzi, MD, PhD, Specialist in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Group leader, Margarete von Wrangell fellow, at the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology /Centre of Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Germany, Expert in human B lymphocytes development, primary immunodeficiency and immune dysregulation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Humoral Primary Immunodeficiencies
Editors: Mario Milco D'Elios, Marta Rizzi
Series Title: Rare Diseases of the Immune System
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91785-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91784-9Published: 14 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91785-6Published: 29 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2282-6505
Series E-ISSN: 2283-6403
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 387
Number of Illustrations: 34 illustrations in colour
Topics: Rheumatology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology