Chronic Infection, Chlamydia and Coronary Heart Disease

Chronic Infection, Chlamydia and Coronary Heart Disease (Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine)
by S. Gupta (Author), A.J. Camm (Author)

Product Details:
* Hardcover: 160 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (July 31, 1999)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0792357973

Book Description
Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains a major cause of human mortality and morbidity worldwide. Classical risk factors for atherosclerosis fail to account fully for the wide variations in CHD prevalence and/or severity between differing populations. The search for hitherto unrecognised risk factors has recently focused on the potential role of chronic inflammation and common infections. Chronic Infection, Chlamydia and Coronary Heart Disease is the first book to review the wealth of evidence linking various infective agents with CHD, focusing particularly on the proposed pathogenetic role of the main candidate microorganism, Chlamydia pneumoniae. Written by two leading investigators in the field, the book provides a concise, clearly written and up-to-date account of the diverse lines of evidence - seroepidemiological, pathological, animal and in vitro data and clinical antibiotic trials. The possibility of an infective basis to atherosclerosis and CHD has already attracted much scientific interest. Chronic Infection, Chlamydia and Coronary Heart Disease highlights the key published works on the topic, and concludes with information on existing, ongoing, and future lines of enquiry.

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The Leucocyte Antigen: Facts Book

The Leucocyte Antigen: Facts Book (Factsbook)
by A. Neil Barclay (Author), Marion H. Brown (Author), S. K. Alex Law (Author), Andrew J. McKnight (Author), Michael G. Tomlinson (Author), P. Anton van der Merwe (Author)

Product Details:
* Paperback: 613 pages
* Publisher: Academic Press; 2 edition (January 15, 1997)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0120781859

Book Description:
A volume in the popular FactsBook Series, the First Edition of The Leucocyte Antigen FactsBook was hugely successful. The new Second Edition has been completely revised, updated, and expanded by 65% to include new findings and up-to-date key references. The introductory chapters have also been updated, especially in terms of nomenclature, the role of the World Wide Web, and new structural data. The Leucocyte Antigen FactsBook, Second Edition contains more than 200 entries, with approximately 70 new entries, on all the molecules specifically expressed in the surface of cells of the haematopoietic system, including all characterized CD antigens, antigen receptors, MHC antigens, adhesion molecules, and cytokine receptors. This FactsBook will be of enormous value to immunologists, cell biologists, biochemists, and endocrinologists.

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