Author
1. Vasudevan DM
2. S Sreekumari
3. Vaidyanathan Kannan
ISBN
9789350905302
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/12017_55
Edition
7/e
Publishing Year
2013
Pages
16
Author Affiliations
1.
Faculty of Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, (Amrita University), Kochi, Kerala,
Formerly Principal, College of Medicine, Amrita, Kerala; Formerly, Dean, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), Cochin, Kerala, E-mail: dmvasudevan@aims.amrita.edu,
PG Programs and Research College of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India,
College of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India; Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
2.
Jubilee Mission Medical College, Trissur, Kerala,
Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India,
Government Medical College, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India; Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India; Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur, Kerala, India
3.
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India,
Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India,
Believers Church Medical College and Hospital, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India
Chapter keywords
antigen,
immune response,
humoral immunity,
cell mediated immunity,
clonal selection,
effector mechanism,
antibody dependent cell mediated cytolysis,
macrophages,
immunoglobulin,
heavy chain,
light chain,
variable region,
constant region,
Fab and Fc portions,
IgG,
IgM,
IgD,
IgE,
IgA,
primary response,
secondary response,
anaphylaxis,
hypersensitivity,
paraproteinemia,
multiple myeloma,
Bence-Jones proteinuria,
heavy chain disease,
amyloidosis,
Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia,
hypergammaglobulinemia,
hypogammaglobulinemia,
complement system,
complement activation,
alternate pathway,
immunodeficiency,
T-cell receptor,
HLA antigen,
soluble factor,
interleukin,
interferons,
cytokines,
cytokine receptor.
