ISBN:
9780443122989
Copyright:
2026
Publication Date:
05-09-2025
Page Count:
600
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$89.99
Immunology & Serology in Laboratory Medicine, 8th Edition
by Mary Louise Turgeon, EdD, MLS(ASCP)CM
Paperback
ISBN:
9780443122989
Copyright:
2026
Publication Date:
05-09-2025
Page Count:
600
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$89.99
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Choose the extremely popular textbook Immunology and Serology in Laboratory Medicine, Eighth Edition as the foundation for undergraduate medical laboratory science students to master the relevant competencies demanded in today’s clinical laboratory. Immunology and Serology facilitates learning the knowledge required by medical laboratory technician (MLT) and medical laboratory scientist (MLS) students to achieve excellent scores on national board certification upon graduation and to display entry-level professional competencies for career success. Each chapter in this edition presents state-of-the-art content, such as Molecular Diagnostics. The straightforward presentation style of the book allows students to learn more and instructors to teach more within a fixed timeframe. A problem-based case study approach that stimulates critical thinking makes it easier to integrate the concepts of theory with laboratory procedures that generate diagnostic information in cases of infectious diseases, immune disorders, tumor immunology, and tissue transplantation. Immunology & Serology is a distinctly unique textbook because the author recognizes the importance of robust professional knowledge and the practice guidelines developed by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Certification Examination Immunology Content Outlines for MLT and MLS certification levels and the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) Professional Body of Knowledge.
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- Updated content includes the most current information related to infectious and immunological diseases, diagnostic testing methods, and vaccines
- Clinical case studies include etiology, clinical signs and symptoms, pathophysiology, diagnostic laboratory data, and critical thinking questions, allowing the integration of the knowledge of concepts and procedures
- Learning objectives and key terms open each chapter, providing measurable outcomes and a framework for organizing study efforts
- Visual learning features make studying easier with algorithms, illustrations, photographs, and summary boxes
- Key Concepts interwoven throughout each chapter highlight the most important facts
- Content correlation between lecture and reading, diagnostic laboratory procedures, and case studies allows for easy reference
- More than 650 multiple-choice questions provide opportunities for review and self-assessment
- Laboratory diagnostic procedures on the Evolve website and in the eBook apply immunology or serology theory to clinical laboratory practice
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PART I: Basic Immunologic Mechanisms
1. Foundations of Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems
2. Soluble Mediators of the Immune System
3. Antigens and Antibodies
4. Cellular Activities and Clinical Disorders of Innate and Adaptive Immunity
PART II: The Theory of Immunologic and Serologic Procedures
5. Basic Safety in the Immunology-Serology Laboratory
6. Basic Quality Control and Quality Assurance Practices
7. Basic Serologic Laboratory: Techniques and Clinical Applications
8. Precipitation and Particle Agglutination Methods
9. Electrophoresis Techniques and Chromatography
10. Labeling Techniques in Immunoassay
11. Flow Cytometry
12. Molecular Laboratory Techniques
PART III: Immunologic Manifestations of Infectious Diseases
13. Infectious Diseases: Overview and TORCH Diseases
14. Streptococcal Infections
15. Syphilis
16. Vector-Borne Diseases
17. Infectious Mononucleosis
18. Viral Hepatitis
PART IV: Immune Disorders
19. Primary and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes
20. Hypersensitivity Reactions
21. Plasma Cell Neoplasms and Other Diseases With Paraproteins
22. Tolerance, Autoimmunity, and Autoimmune Disorders
23. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
24. Rheumatoid Arthritis
PART V: Transplantation and Tumor Immunology
25. Transplantation: Human Leukocyte Antigens, Solid Organ, Tissues, and Hematopoietic Stem Cells
26. Tumor Immunology and Applications of Massive Parallel Sequencing/Next-Generation Sequencing
PART VI: Vaccines
27. Vaccines: Development and Applications
Appendix A: Answers to Case Study Multiple-Choice Questions
Appendix B: Answers to Review Questions
Appendix C: Origin and Immunoregulatory Activity of Cytokines
Appendix D: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Appendix E: Vaccines Licensed for Use in the United States by the Federal Drug Administration
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
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